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PETOSKEY
QUEEN CITY OF THE NORTH
PETOSKEY RECORD
RESORT AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BOOST FOR GREATER PETOSKEY
The Only Strictly Resort
Hotel in Petoskey
The New Arlington
S H PECK Proprietor
Poinciana of the Lakes
If you will lay out before you a
map of Northern Michigan and draw
a radius of some thirty miles with
Petoskey as a center you will find
that it encompasses about all of the
important places of interest in this
favored section of the State It is
undisputedly the zenith of Michigan’s
famed resort region It is known to
summer tourists throughout the
length and breadth of the country
At Petoskey is located The New Ar­lington
situated on the edge of this
charming summer resort city on a
bold commanding bluff overlooking
grand old Lake Michigan
After looking up Petoskey and its
attractions which we trust are suffi­ciently
varied with its amusements
and pleasant side trips to induce you
to spend the summer here be you
young or old maid or matron bache­lor
Or widower the next step to­ward
the completion of your arrange­ments
is the choice and selection of
your hotel
The New Arlington was rebuilt
during the winter of 1897 and 1898
and opened in July 1898 for its first
season It sprang into first rank im­mediately
from its opening and now
enjoys the splendid reputation of be­ing
the leading summer resort hotel
in this section of Michigan Each
year its success has grown more pro­nounced
and the favor in which it is
esteemed by its thousands of patrons
is merited satisfaction to the man­agement
The hotel contains 300
rooms 36 of which are family apart­ments
en suite each with bath and
equipped with open sanitary plumb­ing
These baths are arranged in
adjoining outside rooms and 10x6
in dimension enjoying every modern
appointment of luxury and comfort
The furniture beds springs and gen­eral
equipment of The New Arlington
are unequalled by any resort hotel in
Michigan The grand porches as­sembly
room dining room and par­lors
are striking for their grandeur
and elegance The management cor­dial
ly invite a personal inspection
and candid comparison of The New
Arlington with anything else yet
built on the Shores of the Northern
lakes
Hay fever sufferers are especially
happy and find universal relief at Pe­toskey
For the benefit of these
The new Arlington remains open until
October making them special
rates
Within the hotel one finds it
amuse a fine four alley bowling out­fit
ladies find gentlemen’s Billiard
rooms a complete cafe attractive
card and grill rooms casino and
dancing hall a complete orchestra of
ten finished musicians rendering con­certs
at appropriate hours evening
dances informal hops and morning
Germanys children are particularly
happy at The New Arlington The
Size and build of the house are such
that the little folks have numerous
rights of their own including a
children’s playroom in charge of a
special attendant not only indoors
but outdoors in the private parks and
grounds of the hotel and attraction
not possessed by any other hotel in
Petoskey The New Arlington i
provided with a fast passenger ele­vator
Thoroughly steam heated­
guest chambers being provided
with steam radiators Lighted
throughout with electric light. Pub­-
lic baths and toilets for ladies and
gentlemen coated on each floor
Thoroughly protected with fire alarm
and water plugs, hose and three
broad stairways leading direct from
basement to top floor and outside
iron fire escape from every hall win­dow
The table and service of the hotel
are entirely on keeping with its high
class equipment and our large ca­pacity
enables us to take care of
family Or special parties at a reasonable
figure Golfing wheeling horse­back
riding driving honing swim­ming
and sailing keep one occupied
in outdoor sports
Rates Transient $300 to $s00 per
day weekly (two occupying one
worn one double bed) $1s00 to
$2800 per week each adult One per­son
occupying one room $17s0 to
$3s·00 per week Children and nurses
eating in ordinary and two not occupying
any more space ban one
adult will be taken at half price
Private bath and parlors extra Open
from June to October
Complete information in detail together
with folders will be sent upon
request by addressing S H Peck
Proprietor The New Arlington Pe­toskey
Michigan
Greater
Petoskey
THE ADVANTAGES Offered as a Manufacturing
and Jobbing Center Are Unexcelled The Natural
Distributing Point for Northwestern Michigan
PETOSKEY HARBOR AND BEAR RIVER
turkey and surrounding country and
today they are operating plants at
Harbor Springs Boyne Falls Gay­lord
Boyne City and Mancelona In
1904 this firm incorporated with a cap­ital
of $100000 C F Hanky bei11lJ
President L C Hanky Vice Presi­dent
and G R Hanky Secretary and
Treasurer In 190s the plant at Pete
sky was remodeled at a hl1ge ex­pense
Three Hanky Miming (h sold
all their old machinery and installed
had the Latest and improved machinery
and today they have one of the best
and up-to-date 1l1ills in the state
Their brands of f1our are O B
Champion Gold Sell and Hankers
Best The local merchants have tak­en
a commendable in1erest in the sale
of these brands of f1our and Mr. Hanky
informs us that the sale of these
products have increased 3S !per cent
in the last two years Torus\ is a substantial
increase and shows development
and growth
THE HANKEY MILLING CO
The Hanky Milling Co began
business in Petoskey 29 years ago In
fact it is one of the first plants bait
in the city Their business has stead­ily
increased width the growth of Pe
Because it has the finest and health­iest
climate in the world
Because it has the hunt water in
the world for domestic or commer­cial
use
Because all its citizens are loyal
and enterprising and think Petoskey
the best place on earth
Because it has good sewerage gas
for light and fuel electric light and
power and the best public utilities
Because it has every requirement
for successful business and inexpen­sive
recreation
Because it is a growing city and
in ten years will have a population
of 2S000 making investments profit­able
Because it is a resort center and
noted the world over for its beautiful
and numerous hotels
Because Petoskey gets the best
train service in resort season that
there is to hardwood vestibule
trains run through to Chicano St
Louis Indianapolis Louisville New ECKEL DRUG CO
Orleans etc. Among the thriving drug concerns
Because it has several lines of Petoskey Is the Eckel Drug Com­stn
amship t1ansportation besides the pony located at 3II Howard street
railroads making low freight rates This store is managed by Mr. F L
Because Petoskey is the natural I French a graduated phl3!rmacist who
distributing point for Northwestern bought in the business something
Michigan as the success of its whole over a year ago Under Mr. French’s
sale houses is sufficient evidence able management the stand has done
thereof a splendid business's having retained
Because Petoskey is the market the old patrons and trade mainly new
place of 100000 resorters who reside Olds This snore enjoys a big preen
or near this city giving the mere scrip on business year round
chant sufficient field for his efforts which reaches its height dung the
resort Season The stock is well seen
Because Just as soon as you get to elected and kept fresh and up-to-date
Petoskey and Inhale a breath of real and includes the usual are of propriety fresh
all you Will fee! like ·a new per tar remedies drugs wines and Bison
and want to reside here quires of the highest medicinal test
perfumes and toilet articles Mr.
French is enterprising and courteous
and has made many friends during his
short business career in Petoskey
Th.Ds. store is one of the 2000 Stores
in the United States marking a special­ty
of Rexal1 remedies of which there
is one for each ailment
DERK DE RUITER MAYOR
Petoskey has splendid educational
facilities her Public schools are of
the best and she has one of the fin­est
business and normal schools to
be found anywhere in the United
States She is well supplied with
churches of all denominations and
has been frequently referred to as
the church city of Northern Michi­gan
Her banking institutions are
of the soundest and very highest 01­del
and stand well among the leading
financial institutions of the State of
Michigan
SOME REASONS WHY
Petoskey is a Good City for Manu­facturing
Residence or Recreation
Because rents in Petoskey are rea­sonable
either for residence or busi­ness
INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL
PETOSKEY
There are many attractive feature
offered by Petoskey too the perspec­tive
manufacturer and investor City
lots are steadily appreciating and for
several years real estate of all kinds
has showed a healthy cumulative val­ue
In addition to vacant lots which
always prove a good investment and
yield fair profits there are some
splendid factory sites which are ad­mirably
located These parcels can
be purchased at nominally low figure
res for liberal concessions will be
made in the way of sites for manu­facturing
purposes Labor is ample
and taxes are low in Petoskey Ship­ping
facilities are splendid both by
rail and water Educational facili­ties
and manufacturing enterprises
have already range Petoskey mort
than a summer town She is fas1
exerting influence· as an industrial
and !producing center Commercially
Petoskey is showing great strength
Her progressive firms are drum­ming
the contiguous territory with
the result that the city is now the
distributing center for the live towns
and cities from Mackinaw City to
Traverse City Petoskey is splen­did
market f()r the farmers of tithes
community and hundreds of enterer
icing truck gardeners are netting big
profits from fruit and vegetables dur­ing
the big summer months The
past few years has witnessed consid­erable
movement in farm real estate
in Emit county and the heretofore
neglected but rich and fertile tracts
are being transformed into well ap­pointed
farms
The assessed valuation of the city
of Petoskey for the fiscal year is approx.
irately $300000000 or viewed
at a conservative estimate is about
one-half of it actual market value
The rate of taxation()n for 1909 based
upon each $Ion assessed valuation
will be $20S Not very high when
taken into comparison with a great
many Michigan towns of two and
three times the size of Petoskey Pe­toskey
municipal affairs are being ad­ministered
at the present time along
the lines of Retrenchment and judicial
us economy Mayor Dark Detroiter
and the Board of Public Works
have made a creditable showing in
the handling of the city’s affairs
The bonded indebtedness at the
present time is a trifle over S% of
the assessed valuation or something
like $15100000 in round numbers
distributed as follows $44000 on the
municipal lighting plant $6sooo on
the water works and municipal improvement
t debt for parks streets
bridges etc. of $42000 The interest
on the bonds running ta the munici­pal
plants is more than taken care to
each year by the net earnings of
these plants For the present year
alone the municipal lighting plant
shows a net earning above interest
and maintenance of $800000
The water works is in a healthy
paying condition Sidewalk and street
construction is taken care ()f 2S%
and 33%% respectively coming from
the municipal improvement fund the
balance is spread upon the general
tax rolls Petoskey has efficient
police and fire departments Law
and order are efficienently maintained at
all times The work of the fire de­partment
has been such that fire loss­es
are practically nothing
2 PETOSKEYTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Greater
Petoskey
THE GEM of the Resorts A Modern Little City
Ideally Located The Atmosphere is Cool and Brac­ing
Boating Bathing Fishing Golfing and Motoring
(
PETOSKEY IN 187s
SCENE IN PETOSKEY
safe That these banks weathered
the financial storms of 190708 in the
splendid man net in which they did is
but proof of their SoIidity The pol­icy
of government of Petoskey is by
no men’s conservative or puritanical
The cosmopolitan population of the
summer months demands a hospit­able
interpretation of the general
laws and they are accorded an ad­m1nis
traction that is liberal yet strict·
I in keeping with law and older
The present season has noted a good
many movements in real estate and
the outlook for a renewed acclivity
in general building for 1909 looks decidedly
good We believe that we
are justified in making the prophecy
that Greater Petoskey will enjoy a
population of 1s000 in 191s Every­body
boost and keep boosting roar
Greater Petoskey and well get there
estimated at fruity 2s000 to 30000
people Some of these guests ate
residents of four months duration
during each year A percentage each
year by reason of the healthful en­vironments
of the Queen City of the
North are becoming residents Emit
county is fast being converted
into an agricultural clunky The disappear
earache of the pine and hardwood I
forests no longer leaves an epoch of
wild lands and underbrush for the
farmer is pressing forward with team
and plowshare and reclaiming the
lark\s so wantonly dese1ted by the
men of the axe The complexion of
the soil in Emit county joss rich and
strong and productive It is· bring­ing
a fair price per acre and is attar
citing settlers throughout the low­er
portion of Michigan and the north
portion of Ohio Indiana and Illi­nois
AU this can but !help boost
Petoskey and render our clam foot a
population of 1s000 people in 191s
less a dream and more a possibility
Petoskey must necessarily become
the market for the agricultural sec­tions
of Emit county Her ship­ping
fajitas are unexcelled both by
rail and water Her financial insti­tutions
ate strong and substantial
and their policies are Liberal yet
Several _kinds of booklets albums
of views miniatures folders and oth­er
interesting things in the picture
Line find many appreciative buyers
and ate on sale at all dealers His
latest booklet is entitled Summer
Resorts on Little Traverse Bay
and is one of the handsomest souvenirs’
ever published of Petoskey and
Northern Michigan
In addition to all of these Mr.
Cook finds time to take pictures for
the G R & 1 railroad company for
the quantities of advertising matter
they send out every year
The value of these posit cards and
pictures is not limited to Mr. Cooks
interests by any means their value
to the city of Petoskey and this
whole northern resort region is inertia
·blew Nothing else could ad­vertise
our attractive country so
handsomely and extensively as these
and his success is a matter of pride
to all Petoskey people as well as sat­isfaction
to himself
ALTON G COOK
The Post Card Man
For a number of years Mr. Cook
has been engaged in picture making
hardly a spot in this northern region
that has any pretension to beauty
picturesqueness or natural charm
halls escaped his camera and his sun­sets
on the bay boat scenes ice
scenes and myriads of others have
helped make this one ·of the famous
spots on the map of Michigan The
making of post cards which he began
about five years ago has· Proved one
of the most successful lines he has
yet undertaken and as he is continu­ally
working to improve and enlarge
it is hard to predict what he will
accomplish in the future
The colored post card scenes· of this
region are very popular with the reporters
and Mr. Cook recognizing
this fact began to put out a line ·of
nearly fifty different views that is
pronounced almost as handsome as
hand colored cards using the same
process as the ·big magazine houses
using the colors of yew red blue
and black in the order named
His latest effort is a half tone or
double tone which is very handsome
the finished card being a rich beauti­ful
bow almost a perfect imitation
of a photograph
Mr. Cook now publishes about 200
different views of Petoskey and sur­rounding
resorts the territory cov­ered
reaching from Walloon Lake to
Cheboygan and all around Little
Traverse Bay He runs an exclusive
Post Card Store at 208 Midway
which is said to carry the most com­plete
line of cards of any in this re­gion
and resorts compliment Mr.
Cook on his assortment His stock
consists of thousands of different
cards from the comic Ito the most
expensive hand painted cards In the
winter season Mr. Cook runs a
Job printing plant making a specie
of high class commercial work etc.
1s000 POPULATION IN 191s
To some the claim that Petoskey)
wi1l be a city with 1s000 inhabitants
in 191s may seem absurd and exaggerate
ted beyond pos·sib1lity The trend
is toward a Greater Petoskey and a
close observation Of the duties that
have made creditable strides in the
way of population during the past
few years shows that they pulsated
with the same industrial energy and
life that _permeate Petoskey at the
present time Petoskey is ·growing she
less alive with a spirit of municipal
progress that spells PROSPERITY
Her citizens and business men are
energetic broadminded and progressive
They have one aim SI() far as
Petoskey is concerned and that is a
Greater Petoskey with a population
of 1s000 in 191s Petoskey’s summer
tourist population is conservatively PARK SCENE IN PETOSKEY
GREATER PETOSKEYISOOO III 191s
Michigan
in Summer
Oh the years I lost before I knew you love!
Oh the hills I climbed and came not to you love!
Ah who shall render unto us to make us glad
The things which for and of each other’s sake
We might have had!
affording
Chicago
and oath
ROARING
BROOK
SCENES
GREATER PETOSKEY
THE NEW PETOSKEY PUBLIC
LIBRARY
With the aid of Mr. Carnegie Mrs.
Sepia L Johnson the city and the
M E church Petoskey will at last
have a much needed library complete
in every detail which will be com­pleted
April I 1909 The building
will be located on Mitchell street just
above the Post Office and will be one
of the best equipped small libraries
in the State The total cost will be
about $20000
The Queen City of the North
Permanent population 8000
Resort season population 40000
Points reached by suburban trains
and ferry lines 2s000
Lake transportation lines
direct connections with
Milwaukee Detroit Buffalo
err points
Two railroads namely the Pere
Marquette and the Grand Rapids &
Indiana running solid vestibule
trains to all the large cities
One daily and two weekly news­papers
The best and finest dilate in the
world
A city of boomers
Hay fever is unknown
Numerous hotels large and small
and rates that are reasonable
Suburban trains and steamboats
every half hour to Harbor Springs
Bay View Charlevoix Wequetonsing
Roaring Brook Walloon Lake Mack­inaw
Island and other beautiful
points of interest
Large Paper Mills
Saw Mills
Planning Mills
Large Tanneries
Lime Companies
Stone Crushers
Seed and Implement Houses
Rotary Pump Factory
And many smaller institutions
Low taxation
Municipal electric light plant and
water works
Unlimited water power
romantically inclined to indulge in
canoe trips with Indian guides fish­ing
shooting the chutes etc. The
suburban train service between Way
gamut and Petoskey is· frequent
Should you ask me whence these
stories?
\Hence these legends and traditions
Vito the odors of the forest
\Vito the dew and damp of meadows
With the curling smoke of wigwams
\Vito the rushing of great rivers?
* * * * * * * * I shou1d answer I should tell you
From the forests and the prairies
From the great lakes of the North
1and
From the land of the Ojibwas
end white actors The drama is beau­tifully
costumed and staged with a
realism almost startling and is man­aged
by the author himself Mr. L O
Armstrong Hiawatha was origin­ally
brought out at Descartes On­tario
but being too far away from
many who would like to see it
was removed to Northern Michigan
two seasons ago with the result most
gratifying to those who visit the
northern country It lasts through
the entire summer season and is giv­en
with amplitude of accessories and
the most scrupulous attention to de­tail
Opportunity is also afforded the
INDIAN PLAY HIAWATHA A1
WAYAGAMUG
spectacular exhibition IS
the very place where the Ojibwa
of the old days camped when it blew
on the Great Lakes for here he could
always get a deer a bass or adore
(favorite food of his) here were suit­able
soil and dilate for his corn
beans and potatoes ·here grew the
bark for his canoe covering cedar
and all the roots necessary for its
construction and here his innate love
for the beautiful was satisfied here
too in defense of it all the Ojibwa
fought the Iroquois
The drama Hiawatha ·is not only
a thrilling and spectacular exhibition
but it is a truthful representation of
the Indian as the romantic figure
The whole ·of L011gfenows famous
legend is told necessarily omitting
of course some of the minor parts
The characters are all portrayed by
members of the Ojibwa tribe The
Indians in these roles are superior in
their simplicity and realism to train
For the past three seasons one of
the features of the North country
summer seasons has been the rend
tin of the Ojibwa Indian drama
Hiawatha presented by the Ojibwas
themselves each day at Wayzata
mug a beautiful lake some four
miles from Petoskey Quite as orig­inal
and unique in its conception set­ting
and execution as the erstwhile
famous Passion Play of Oberammer­gau
Hiawatha charms all who see it
The lake and its environments almost
seem to have been designed for the
4 PETOSKEYUTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Greater
Petoskey
AMOST CHARMING PLACE in Which to Pass the
Heated Term Season From June to October Numerous
Hotels and Boarding Houses With Ample Accommodations
and Range of Prices to Meet the Requirements of All
THE W RICE LEATHER CO
Tanners of Sole Leather
Located a few miles ffQlffi the amity
proper at Kenotic is the part of
the W W Rice Leather Company
one of the leading industeries of the
city and a plal1lt worthy 0£ note
This plant gives employ(mint to
about r60 men and their pay roll is
over $80000 yearly I
Our own citizens do not appre­ciate
the magnitude of this industry
owing probably to l1he fact that the
product of the Company has ion local
users The Company uses the hide of
4s0 cattle daily which ape made in
900 sides of hemlock sole leather The
buildings of this institution coyer
three acres of space and the e11ltire
amount of land convened ·by the score
plant houses bark tacks etc.
amounts to over thirty acres
The present Production of the
plant is nearly 8000000 pounds year­ly
and this i being increased Many
new additions are being made and
new buildings being erected to increase
the output Hides are brought t
from South America IL exile 00 India
and the Western coast of this country
and the leather is sold at the Bal­timore
and St Louis markets The
officers are Geo S Rice President
and General Manager Leon Chichi
slater Vice-president Charles A
Arduous Secretary and Treasurer
SCENE IN PETOSKEY
of ·high grade imported and domestic
cigars tobaccos and cigarettes
can be found in great abundance and
unllimited variety at the Petoskey Cigar
Co 407 Lake street The gener­al
proprietor Mr. George S Lilia
mms has been in the business foil
I have all the comforts of the summer the past 17 years Formerly he was
home while enjoying the metropolis identified with the firm of Messrs.’ C
tan service of telephone elderly light C Gath and R H Hungerford buy telegraph
Swift through tram con
sections lake steamship ·service and mg the 111terests of Mr. Hungerford
fast suburban service and finally purchasable Mf Gatchis
The amusement features ·are varied interest in the business
in and around Petoskey nine roads The Petoskey Cigar Company ha
are excellent for autom?bllmg and Outrushed under the able manage carnages
There are numerable
golf links There are theaters and mint of Mr. VIlhnms won has work picture
shows galore and the Midway end up a fine ]bomb bbl.\less m this
is a scene of activity by day and a vioil1lity He handles everything that’s
blaze of light and mirth by night good to smoke In Connection with
Yachting is a paramount sport ?urging has jobbing trade he has a ret ail] dither
resort season culmmatmg m the apartment and it can be Slid without
excltmg power bunt regatta each sea a grain of flattery that net is one of
son he social Ian of the clubs and the hal1dsome1st cigar sores in
the ?g hotels With their regular Northern Mohegan In connection
hops and concerts adds to the many just in the rear of the retail depart atman
pleasures of Petoskey and merit is a lie equipped billiard and
makes It the most talked about resort pool room with a battery u! tables
of the North Michigan country second to none in the city Mr. AI
C Lovelace is in charge Of the rebill
end of the firm The firm carries a
large line of pipes and smokers ma­ter
ails
PETOSKEY CIGAR CO
Lovers of high glide smoking rna­teria
Is are the S1ame the word over
and in Petoskey they are no except·
tin too this rule Everything that
pleas to the gentleman in the way
she has been known as the gem of
the North Michigan resorts Petos­key
is the natural distributing point
for the entire resort region Fully a
hundred thousand tourists each year
pay visits here more or less extend­ed
from all parts· ·of the United States
From here the swift and expedition
suburban service plies every twenty
minutes to resorts north east south
and west while swift steamers make
the resorts around the bay at inter­vals
from forty to sixty minutes
Lakes and streams easily accessible
make Petoskey the natural head­quarters
of the sportsman angler
and the summer tourist and pleasure
seeker within a few minutes ride
is Crooked Lake the home of the
bass the pike and the muskellunge
Walloon Lake whose deep shaded in­lets
and swift running tributaries are
stocked with fish of the choicest
variety Douglass Lake a beautiful
sheet of inland water is delightful for
bathing as well as for fishing These
lakes and others but little less famous
for fishermen together with the nu­merous
trout streams make the Pe­toskey
region a veritable sportsman’s
paradise
Petoskey’s hotels have a country­wide
reputation No city in the State
regardless of size can boast of finer
hot ds Several ·of the leading hotels
of Petoskey cater to the resort trade
exclusively At Petoskey one may
Natures hand has been extremely
kind in the dispensation of the beau­ties
of land and water and wood and
hill in the natural embellishments of
Petoskey the Queen City of the
North It is the logical center of
the Northern Michigan resorts and
is a charming rnodern city of 8000
inhabitants cosmopolitan in the ex­treme
It is situated on a terraced
hillside overlooking Little Traverse
Bay beyond which rolls the broad
expanse of Lake Michigan in all her
majesty Its site affords one of the I
most magnificent and picturesque
views ·obtainable I throughout the
famous Northland lake region The
climate at Petoskey during the sum­mer
months is ideal The atmosphere
is· uniformly cool and bracing It is
Natures own rest cure
Petoskey was founded ire 1874 and
named in honor Ignatius Bedosega
one of the early Indian converts and
at the time of Pierre Charlevoix’s
visit Bedosega was the chief of a
large and powerful band of Chippewa’s
Remnants of this powerful
old tribe are still scattered in the lake
settlements as far north as the Straits
of Mackinaw One authority main­tains
that his original name was
Petosega meaning the rising sun
and relates that the famous old chief
took Up his abode near the present
site of Harbor Springs from where
after many years by reason of re­ligious
difficulties between himself
and the Catholic priests to whose
will and domination he refused H
3l1bmit he moved to the other side
of the bay on the grounds occupied
by the city which bears· his name
Previous to this Little Traverse Bay
had been the center of Catholic mis­sionary
operations More than 200
years ago Father Marquette was wont
to visit here with his fearless com­panions
and the Marquette trail leading
between Grand Traverse Bay and
Mackinaw Island by the way of
Charlevoix and Petoskey is still
pointed out a portion of it running
through Arlington park an interest­ing
and historical memorial of these
stirring days between the mission­aries
and the red men The first rail­road
train entered Petoskey in the
spring of 7s then a mere hamlet
Petoskey is certainly resplendent in
all her glory during the summer redo
rat season For twenty-five year6
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO III 191s s
Bay View The Chautauqua of the West One
of the Beauty Spots of the Northland
SECRETARY s0 Once
BAY VIEW ASSEMBLY
AND CAMP CROUND
ASSOCIATION
neural terraces at the head of the Bay
1S one of the most beautiful in all
thins famous region Most of the cot­tages
and both of the hotels com­mand
a view of the Bay and of Lake
Michigan in the distance Fathom thins
point the sun sets over 1Jhewater and
Bay View \Sunsets are as gorgeous
as any in the wide world It is not
an uncommon thing to overhear the
regular globe trotter comparing the
sunsets of Bay View writhe those of
Italy France California and other
world-famous points and always giv­ing
the preference to Bay View
Bay View is owned by an associa­tion
composed of its own· cottage
o\Viner’s and it thereby keeps control
of 1ts own ample grounds It has its
own electric light Walter ·and sewer
systems Its total indebtedness ns
only about $8000 and this is being
reduced each yeast It has always
maintained until within the last two
years one of the finest Assembly
Courses and Summer Universities’ in
the land Two years ago this work
was most inexcessably dropped We
are happy however to be able to
state that it will be taken up again
next year and with better financial
backing than ever before we shall
undroubtedly see a bigger and otter
Assembly and University
It is also a great pleasure to be
able to state that Bay View is to
have several other much needed and
Long waited for improvements These
Improvements are in the Jinee of roec­reatlonls
for young and old At a re­cent
meeting of the Board of Trus­tees
Mr. J ohm M Hall generously
offered to build and donate to the
association a swimming pool and
bowl mg alley the proceeds to be
used for the building of a limy and
museum The offset was promptly accepted
·d and Mr. Hall hopes ·or have
both buildnl1gs ready for use during
the season of 1909 In addition to
this the Board has ordered a dock
100 fed in Joint to be built at right t
angles 10 the present heat dock the
purpose of which is to provide a habit
for launches and row boats 01
other small craft wlhrieh heretofore
has had no shelter This is in Dine
with the purpose to maiden Larger use
of the beautiful Bay which lies at the
foot of the Bay View terraces Be­sides
the foregoing improvements
which would seem to be fairy ample
off one years work the Board halo
ordered and the work is now being
done an ample ball ground which wil1
provide for the lovers of the Natioln­301
game And besides alit this there
will be built for 1909 two more tenn1s
courts marking five public courts if
3011
flue foregoing may be called public
improvemetllts but scarcely less s00
are the additions which are already
under way at both hot ds Bay View
the Beautiful is bound to boom Let
he boom
DOCK AT
BAY VIEW
BAY VIEW MICH
A few words about Bay View by C
W Fallers Trustee
Adjnnling Petoskey toward the
head ·of Little Traverse Bay lies Bay
View This is the parent of all the
summer resorts of Northern Michi­gan
It contains about 4s0 summer
homes and during vie height of the
season has a population of Several
thousand Its location upon the an
Irish the latter looking after the
culinary and service !apartments
and the for met attending to the
rooming of guests Due house will
continue to be raja popular rates
and it will be the an 0 the manage­ment
to give the best possible iron
cue nan every department
Write early for rates and reservations
BAY
VIEW
HOUSE
first fit(job to be used for a restaUofoant
and the upper floors for guest rooms
Seemly of the new rooms wan be pro­vided
with private births and all will
be fitted up in keeping with the deem
ands of the summer resort trade
The new restaurant will be more
them dOl1ble the old One in size
seating one hundred guests Ice
cream and candy will be served as
heretofore also the hiked goods for
which this restaurallt has always hen
famous· and some new lines of deE­catessen
will be ·added
The h9tel will be in charge of Mr.
Geo W Childs Jar and Mr. E L
under one management During this
time it has been frequently enlarged
and improved Thus year it will be
fl1rtthrer enlarged by the construction·
of a new three story building 40 by
pop feet on the Southwest front the
faces he bag and to the South Ivo’s
out on the Assembly Campus Ever)
effort us made for ·the comfort of the
guests type rooms Bering well arranged
to catch the lake breezes and the
beds of a character too assure a good
nights0 rest
The main d·inillg room ·sootillig 2s0
guests has a beautiful outlook on the
bay The cuisine is unsurpassed no
pains being spared to Insecure the be t
the market affords and to have ev­e
thing predated and service! in the
most attractive manner The sanitary
arrangements are as nearly perfect
as post bile and especial attention()n is
paid to clean lines in the nitche!1
The U S Health Bulletin for April
1908 in an article on Hotel Saintly
ion says A house that has met
with our unqualified approval is the
Bay View House Bay View Mach
We believe the effort’s shown here
to comply with the proper sanitary
and hygienic demands and t10 guard
the heath as well as provide ·for the
comfort of atlas guests deserve approbation
on
This hotel helps been for 22 years
BAY VIEIW HOUSE
To coalbin home comforts with
}jig class hotel service has been the
aim of the managpnlcnt )f tile Bay
View Blouse one of the most widely
known allied popular hotels in this\S resort
region Located only a half
block from the railway station its
wade piazzas command an unobstruct­ed
view of beautiful Hue Traverse
Bay It is only a short walk to that
dock where will be located the new
swimming pool and bowling alleys
and it is equally convenient or thin
Auditorium and Assembly Halls
To the North and \invest the hotel
6 PETOSKEYTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
grades of china and beautiful foreign
and domestic post card3 The rea­son
that this s10re cares such a fine
End of goods is the fact that they
cater especially to the resent trade
and as ·an evidence of 3atnsfactjon
\1pon the customers part the growth
of their mai1 order trade speaks fir
itself This firm is very progressive
and make a specialty of getting out
things jU3t a little different from the
ordinary Their latest article us an
antique panel mirror with paintings
of well known subjects mounted at
the top Our side all made up in
Rose wood antique gold or other
suitable frames
On the second floor is located the
unenticing establishment which Mr.
H enema thinks is the most complete
and best equipped in this part of the
Stems and the business done in this
line speaks well for the firm They
carry ·on hand from sleve·ntyfive to
Ogle hundred caskets all the It·jme
The firm is composed of C B Amos
L and Frank H Hanukah
PETOSKEY BOAT COMPANY
THE CENTRAL DRUG STORE
completed his course un the class of
r89r He re m1oVe d to tines oily al1ld
engaged in ·the practice of his pro­fession
r8 years ago where he has
built up the splendid practice which
he now enjoys He is a workman of
the very highest order and is especial­ly
skillful in all departments of his
rJractice Hundreds of satisfied pa­tients
beat testimony of his ·excel­lent
crown and bridge work plates
Ana fillings
DR J C WILDE DENTIST
Prominent in Petoskey’s profes­sional
life is Dry J C Wiled the well-known
dentist whose quarters are lo­cated
in the Condole Bldg. Howard
street Dry Wilde is a graduate from
the Ohio Gollegeof Dental Surgery
at Cincinnati at wIkh institution he
Eery community has its share of
drug suo·res but they like everything
elSie a·re etassed as bad hetter and
beslt Mr Kephart began business in
r876 and delighits the people of Pe­tos!
key nnd vicinity wUth a dorug s·er­vice
thart is superior ThLsI is Ml old
drug stand buil he has grien new life
to the busilless and put energy and
vim into it that attracts the eye ot
the paJSoserby In reSQrt 3eas·on Ithis
sto·re is the meoca of the sQda wailer
enthusiasts and as to cMldies they
caT·ry a complete sttock of Allegrettis
and H uylers Physicians recommend
Mr I{jephart and aSlsjsrtantoS as p1ne
srriptiol1iislts 00£ 1Jhe hoes1l rorder and
nobody ihns cal1Sle for cotnlplaint ns is
evidenced by thoe cOl11lsitantly uncreals­ing
tTade Me carries a Line of toil­et
articles etc thalt equals that of
mos1 large city sitores He is one
of Pet9§keyJs plomil1ient bl1siness
men·
C B HENIKA AND CO
A tore of whiClh there a·re few
eqnaJs in the country today in the
lines car·ried is the unanimol1S ver­d
ict of the resorters This store was
establushed in 187s by C B Heruika
at 436 Mlitcihell street has been very
3Uccessful and ail the present time
oocup·ies a twostory buiJding On
the firslt floor ale located the heauti­ful
lines of ant goods such as framed
and unframed pktures the higbiesl
THE PETOSKEY GROCERY CO
A promlinent and successful repre­sentatuve
of the wholesale interest3
is the PeuQlskey GroceTy Company
Dhis firm was organized in June
T900 and capitalized at $80000 It
has under the guidance of the ahle
management by de·an methods a·ne
sound busine3oS judgment builil up a
trement]ol1s busliness They a_ne dis­tributors
for Nortlhern Michigan and
a po·rtion of the Upper Pelliinsu]a and
use four traveling saleslmen to covoer
this territory
Their stock includes staple ana
fancy groceries greoClers sundries
and a mOst complete line of cigars
tolYaCoos and c·onfections Their
p·rompt ·and courteous slenniCle has
galined for them a prest!ige wilth the
retail trade of the Notith of which
any house shoul·d fed justly proud
They are exclusive di31tributlOrs for
the Sleepy Eye Milltinlg Co of
Sleepy Eye MinneSoota Dhe offi­cers
of this corpooTailuon are Jacob
Koblegalrd President A Peiler­sen
Voice President and Geo C
Danser Secretary Treas1uTer and
General Manager
October of each year the date this
year falling on September 28
Students may enter ·at any time
but are a·dvised to entelr at the be­giinning
of the term
No entrance examinat!ion
You take what you need and ad­vance
as TapidOy as you can do the
work thoroughly
When }IOu learn it at tohe Normal
it 1s so
Fior complete descniption of coureses
send for calendar Address M
O Graves IV1 A Petoskey Mich
PETOSKEY AND BAY SHORE
GAS CO
No modelrn city is complete in thus
day and age without a gas· pilant The
personal comfort and convenience in
lighting the home and the business
house is best realized by the use of
gas Petoskey is favored in thus re­spect
for the Petoskey and Bay Shore
Gas Company have one of the finest
small town plants in this city to be
found anywhere in the country Their
plant is located at the foot of Wach­tel
street and is modern in ev·ery re­spect
It has a oapacity of IOOooO
cubic feet of illuminating and cooking
gas per day The company has a
down town office at 3r6 Petos·key
street with Norman W nWells the
local manager in charge The com­pany
carry a co·tnlplete line 00£ gas
ranges including the £lamous Detwit
Jewel Ideal and Chicago Jewe!
which they are selHng at a very close
figure Dhey also s·ell genuine gas
coke fOT the stoVe and furnace
is probably the mlost popuJIar type of (hucago gentleman wh·o has a sum­motor
boat on the market today It mer home at Wequetonsing Mich
is built higher has more beam heav won the silver cup in the Little Trav­ier
frames and planking than the reg erse Hay Motor boat regatta recent­ular
racing shell yet it has about the Iy This firm builds a type ·of fam­same
speed lines and with good pow ily launch which is of exceptionally
er is an ideal boat for pleasure and fine modell suitable for small parties
recre·ati·on The construction of this It is very staunch and safe and is an
boat is of the very highest order It excellent sea boat and will accommo­is
built of the best material S obtan date eight fo ten persoons Tht ro\\
able and its furnishings and trim boat launches built by this company
mings ar·e beautriful as well 1s subn have become very popular They al­stantiaU
It is built in r8 ft 22 ft and 10 manufacture yacbot tendlers oars
2s ft lengths One 00£ the semispeed canoe paddles and carry a full line ·of
boats built by thlis company for a trimmings and supplies
ness mebhods Telegraphy Civil Ser­vHce
Electricity PhYsical Culture Or­atory
etc Over rooo sltudents have
been gradua1ed from this school since
its organizatiOon in r888 The ·school
occupies fine quarters at 309 Lake
street whnch are ve·ry conveniently
arranged and are thoroughly equipped
in every respect The night school
is maintained upon the same high
grade of excellence thlJt characteriz­es
the day sessiions and pupils en­1
011 ed get the same thorou·gh instruc­
tion in aU branches A feature that
has dKlne much to popuhmze the Pe­toskey
NOTrnal and Busil1ess Gollege
throughQl1t tihe Starte ns the summel
school held here fTom July I·st tv
October Ist The first fa11 term be­gins
the Monday nearest the 1st of
PETOSKEY NORMAL AND BUSI­NESS
COLLEGE
The Petoskey NOrmal and Business
CoHege was founded in the fall ot
r888 by Prof M O Graves who is
a graduate of nhe Unnversuty of Mich­igan
This splendid educational in­stitution
now enjoys a statewide rep­utation
as a coaIege preparatory and
normal training schoo! The branc·h­es
taught at this s·chloo·l include col­lege
prepamtory English and Scien­tific
Courses Languages CoHegiate
and Normal courses ShoTthand and
TYJpewriting Commercial and Busi
A manufiacturing concern that !has
attracted considerable atbention in
this part of the State i3 the Petoskey
Boat Company builders of high grade
semispeed motor boats and power
launches Their extemive £lactory
and display and saleslroom are locat­ed
on the east sude of the Union dock
This firm is doing a big business
having filled hundreds of orders for
summer tourists who have summer
homes throughout Northern Michi­gan
They also ship their products
to all parts of the cOountry
Their new mod·el semispeed boat
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO III 191s 7
McCUNE AND SMITH
Insurance Real EstaUe Mortgages
Loans Estates
Twenty yeafls ago la3lt May Mr
\1 J McCune of thds city p·laced a
smal! table in (me corner of Dat and
Darts law office and began writing
insurance Because of physical limi­tations
the result of years of seve·re
invalid1slffi ·he plomi·ed himse1f nOot
to wOork at thils business mlore than
ollehalf of eaclhday With JjUle ex­ception
he has adhered to this rule
But w!hile he worked Ihe worked and
the business grew oand aOontinued to
grow After about seven years the
real etate end of the business had
sO developed that the aombined bUlsi­ness
was toO much for him to man­age
He took into partnerslhip Mr
Chillion L Smith who has eveT since
prineipally managed that department
of the business Five years late·r Mr
Wm G McCune iOn of bne seniior
member who had s!erVled am appren­tices
hip in his narther office and was
a recent graduate £rom the law
school of Michigan U niversnty was
accepted into the fi·rm HiS speeial­ty
has been insurance lin dt ·va·fiol1s
ramifications Of Iate yealrs the busi­ness
has devel\ope·drapjdly It flOW
r·eaches out into a terrailory a hundred
miles nOflth and south of Petos­key
and i known liS one of the lead­ing
insurance offices of Northern
Michigan This firm l1epl1csents a
13Jrge number of 1!he great ·insurance
companues of Ithe wor·ld The aggre­gate
assets Otf these companies wou]d
reach over 12s000000 of doUar
The great variety of insuraruce wlit­ten
in this office is surprisling It
embraces life fire marine tornado
general accident and sicknesssteam
boiler burglary employe·ps liability
elevator plate glas launch automO­biles
stock line poEcies etc e\c In
all the years of this firms busi1less
not an insuTance C1laim hias been dd­puted
MICHIQAN STATE TELE­PHONE
CO
Duping the last dozen years nele­phone
competition has thad a fairly
tholough tnial in the Unuted ·States
Literally thousands of competing
companies were fonmed to compete
with the Bell System Nortwithstand·
ing this competition the Bell System
has emerged from the first stage of
telephOne competition wivh a comn
preJhemive lind unified telephone S)Is­tem
which is vhe envy of eVlery civil­ized
natian The BellSystem in t1te
United St1ates is acnnowledged Jo be
uhe ffilQlSt universal and effidentsystem
in the world and notwitlhstamd­ing
the prOtestJs of the telephone pro­moter
is conervatively capitalized
and earnJing only a reaslonablere­turn
on that cllpitalization 1he sys­tem
as ·it svands coveling practically
every city arud village in the United
States embraces in round figul1es
4000000 subscribers Froom vhe best
figures ohtannable the combifled lists
of all the competitors of the BeH
System approximate a scanlt 2000000
subscdbers The natiQ is ahol1t 2 to I
Michigan i typical of the country
This Company connects all Darbs of
the State of Michigan in both Pemn­sub
s is conservatively calpita\oized
has about twice as mJany subscribern
connected t·o it s)IStem as all oom­peting
complanies in vhe State put
together and is charging such mtes
that its profits al1e if anything he­low
rather than ahove a reasonable
percontage
The BeH Company has been very
progre·ssive in orthern Michigan in
the way of development the Petos­key
exchange having started in 1883
with a few ubsNibers Ihas at the
present time 6s0 and the sUflnoundnng
territory has grown in compaJrislOn
Harbor Spnil1gs has 200 suhscribens
Cheboygan has 600 BOyne Falls 60
LeVering 12s Boyne City 400 East
}oldan 300 and Cha1leVlonxn s00 Thi3
service enables the residents of Pe­toskey
to reach pmctically everyone
in rthe surroul1Iding territory The
Bell Company in Michigan has
doubled the numher of suhslcribeps
and the wire plant lin 4 years They
haye over I40OOO subscrihers in the
Sitate 439 enchanges and 72s toll
stIJMOnS
Mr C E Wilde of Grand Rapids
is the division manager anid was a
number of years ago in charge of
the Petoskey offiae Mr J M Clif­ford
the district manager whO is a
very efficient man for uhiil poslition
has heen in the telephone busillless
for 20 years and has Wlorked in every
branch of the toelep1hone busineSos He
came here from Kallalmazoo in 1900
to take charge of the local Office and
his recold speaks for it ste1 f Mr
Clifford is a firm believer in the
Companys declaration ie to in­vestigate
!emedy and adjust fairly
each complaint £rom our subscribers
whether it reltabes to our service or
to our methQdn TlJjjs is our pOIIicy
and to carry h out we need amd oask
your cooperation
The Petoskey office of the Michi­gan
State Telephone Company has a
monthly pay roll of $630 and em
ploys fifteen people
PETOSKEY IRON WORKS
1he Petoskey reVersible sasoline
engineis manufadt1l1ed by the Petos­key
hon WOTks haVe attraoted much
attention throughout th·is Isecrtion of
the country by reason of their super­iority
in many respects oveT nhe mla­jOlri
ty of engines of this class They
are the resuh of years of experiment
coupled with practical experi­ence
They are simple in design and
constructed as light as is consistent
wjth strength and durability All of
the materials employe·d in the·ir
manufacture aTe the beSit that maney
can buy The cylinder and head lire
cast in one piece thoroughly watet
jacketed No packing is used Ev­erything
that is essential is provided
but all uuneessary parvs in theil
manufacture are eliminated The
speed is contro\led by simply ad­valflcing
or retardUng the park while
the engine is· running The engine
is reversible and wiN run in either
direction forward Or hack One at­tractive
feature of the Petoskey en­gine
s ns the fact that they do not
AT
EMMET
BEACH
pave to he crnnked OT turned over
the center Swmg Wheel forward and
back a qual1ter turn rthen back it up
on compressian and the engine will
start every time if you have gao­line
and a spark The Petoskey En­gine
runiS from IV va 10 H Pin
sizes Larger sizes built vo order
The Petoskey Iron WorkIs 1s own­ed
by Mr Philip MiddJeditch wlhQ
has been in busliness upwal1ds of 23
years In addition to building galso­line
engines he C011ldllcrtS a general
machine shop for all daS/se s of job
wOTk and forging castungs etc Ex­pert
automobile repairing a slj)ecialty
8 PETOSKEY((THE GEM OF THE RESORTS
THE NEW CENTRAL
A popular hotell with the travelling
pubIJioc at Petoskey is Dhe New Ce11
tral situated at 316318 Lake street
It is centrally located wiJ1llIJin easy
access of the railroad depots and the
steamboat wharf and is right in the
heart of the business section of the
city Commencing May 1 the pro­prietor
will he G C Parkis who is
well known and popular with the
commeroial men and his house is
equipped with every modern conven­ience
for their comfort The rooms
are Light a·iry and well furnished and
the table s·ervice ranks favonaJbly in
comparis·on with JTIany hotels whose
rates are douMe that of The New
Centml Large sampIe rooms at the
disposal of ·guests
four years since Mr Foley hasl owned
the estab1ishment He has a special
departrnent for amateur work and has
a large list of patrons in all parts of
the United States who avail th·em­selves
of the particular advantages
affordie d Most of these people spend
their summers at Petoskey and have
had an opportun1ty of acquainting
themselves with Mr FoJeys· ability
in handling this class of work The
Foley Studio is equipped witlh one ot
the largest and best lighted opemtnng
moms in Northern Michigan It is
weJI adapted for taking group pic­tures
and it is needless to say that
MrFoley does much of this class
of work The Foley Stu·dio is located
at 319n Lake street in the Goodrich
and Oven block
THE PETRIE HOUSE joying the delightful breezes which
One of the centrally located and sweep in from Lake Michigan with
cool nights for slleep The main ·din­pleasantly
appointed homes for sum ing rOOim aJt The Petrie accommo
mer tourists at Petoskey is The Petrie dates about 80 guests and the man­House
right in the heart of theagement is prepare·d at all times to
downtown district at the corner of serve meals to guests· who have apart­Petoskey
and MitcheN streets The ments at other houses The rates at
Petrie is indeed an adeal home for The Petrie ar·e reasonable and within
resoiters Guests lt this· popular the reach of all ROOm and board
hosteky enj·oy a twofold advantage can be secured from $7s0 to $1200
over inducements offered at sOme of per we·ek So popular is this hotel
the other h·otds Being uptown the with its guests that maJny have stop­guests
are dose to the bus1ness sec ped there for twenty consecutive sea­tion
convenient to the railroad sta sons The Petrie opens during the
tionsand the steamboat wharf and at summer ·reSOlt season onily Mr F
tlie same time The Petcle as but a J Densmore manalger aud 1tns ad­sihoM
distann from the !bay thus en drelSIS ns Petoskey MnCJhjgan
Boost £01 Greater Petoseky
Every booster is a membeT of the
1s000 Club
FineSit climate in the WlQ·r1d
If you come once YouH ·come
again
portrait work in pITat·inum effects and Great railroads and srte·amship lin·es
s·epias There is characner to the pic Suburban trains anod feny lines to
tures made at thls studIO whiCh per
haps explains why its patronage has surroundmg resorts
steadily increased luri l1g the past I Boost Boost Boost
FOLEYS ART PHOTO STUDIO
Summer tonrnsts as well as the resd­denlts
of Petoskey are !ibera1 in their
pranlse ·of tihe sple11Jddd work turned
out at Foleys Art Photo Studio Ml
Foley makes a specialty of high grade
Their patronage comes from a wide
area of surrounding territory the
firm believing that a pleased cus­tomer
ns the be·st advertisement and
have used their best endeavors not
only to please patrons but to give
the best possible value for the rpon­ey
expended
A complete line of heavy and shelf
hardware is carried in stock together
with a complete line of Garland and
Laurel stove·s and ranges furnaces
guns ammunition and fishing tackle
Steam and hot water heating plants
are installed and all kinds of plumb­ing
etc done The store is located
at 316 Mitchell street with ample
storage room for 1he stock carried
Both members of the firm are very
enterprising and public spirited and
have done a great deal for the citys
welfare
FOCHTMANS DEPARTMENT cabs lamps china glaJssware ·and
STORE crockery AlsO a dnsplay of a large
A mercamtille estabtishment of assortment of waJll paper droperies
which the citizens of Penoskey have carpets and rugJS maulJings ·and Iinoleums
Tlte third floor is given up
OCCaJSlOn to fee! jUistly pDoud is to stoves furniture and other articJes
Foohtmans big departmeDlt sltolre op toO numewus· to menrt·iOn flor furnish­posite
the Postoffice on Mitchell lng the home The store istohoroUigh­str
·eet Few eoities of fhe ·size of Pe ly uptodarte in every particular and
noskey throughout the country are ns equjpped with a modern paS6ernger
favored with su·ch a complete and electIiic eleViator and am eJoectric cable
thorough!y apnoun1ed deipartmeJDt casih carTier system of the very batest
ntore It was thilTty years agJO wnen design
tIle present PetDoskey was· nothmg B f h
but a vaslt wilderness a hamlet num y means 0 tlS sysltem lt IS pos­bering
ahout 200 and widely scattelr snble to brmg all ·sales to oDIe centraJ
ed that Ad Fochtman came here office no matter whether )our pur­hom
St Mary·s Pa and !Iai·d the chase was madn on uhe firsrt se·cond
foundatoion of the present splendid tnurdk fl·oor or nn basnment the ·salt
establishnient For thirty years this Ifi en loes no the mham one td1 the
firm has rorged ahead overcomnng rs· 001 ac w ere s u any
b t I ff · d mistake Occur It IS an easy matter to
many 0 s· ac es 0 ercrng goo mer tf h h ld b d h
chand··Ise va1ues wh10h cIoupde WlnU fruelcl I yb 11thWis 1f0irn1wou· e one 0 eercourrteous
treaJtment of the pubhc y y
has sllowJy but sure1y b uti It up the In conc1usolOn lt can be SQlld of
pretenTious and soU ccess£u1 bUSlineslS nochtman s Depantment ntDore e·sp·e­n
nhjch this store now eonjo)s It cnal1y Ill the menS clOthmg and la­is
todny the largest and mOst pOpu· dlles readyntOwear cLepartments that
lar retail esJ1abJoishment in thuls ruorth fashlion re1gns supreme rar these
ern country stcks aTe ·esnecially seaected wirth
thiS POlIDt In view by MT Fochtman
FOClhtmln IS department s1ore is from the Iooding ci1ies of the United
headquarters fOil everything in the States
rea1m of human needs This sltore
ha11Jdles all things fTOlll g1Ocenies and
bazlaar goods tlo Cl!rpets fUrnnrture BUMP AND McCABE
and houlse furnn·shings The Focht Who Sell Hardware Petoskey Mich
man Department Store is a splendid
three story brick double store build This enterprising establishmentwas
ing with a basement undler all The started in 1888 Mr S S Bump
basement is dev01ed to the Lisplay came into the firm in 18g2 and in
of bazaar goods spoken Of SO much 1902 Mr Geo W McCabe was taken
in connection with this store as into partnership This store is one
basement bargainlS The firs1 floors of Petoskeys most substantial bUS1­are
utiJoized for the grocery dOithing
shOie and dry goods departments ness houses and is in fact a 11ardwith
commodnous offices· lin the rear ware emporium where every article
The second fluor is devoted tIo laodaes under the general term of hardware
readytowear suits· babies wearing may be found Its aJppoilltme11Jts and
apparel furs tlrullks suit cI!ses and furnishings are the envy of many a
travdHng bags gocarts a11Jd baby ha·rdwaTe dealar who visnts the·re
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GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO inn191s 9
He takes an active jntereslt in all
matters pertaining to the publIic
good and has the oonfidence of rthe
entnre community
He has been entmsued wcith the de­tail1s
of bringiing to a successful term­ination
various public enterprises and
no suspiciol1 has ever rested on his
honor or integrity
DR G W NIHART
Prominent in the social and pro­fessional
life in the city of Petoskey
is Dr G W Nihart physician and
surgeon whose offices are located in
the comfortable suite at 3190 Lake
street Dr Nihart came to this city
10 years ago from Parkville and
Mendon St }Oe county Mich
whelfe he had prewously practi\ced
for 19 years He is a graduate of the
Rush Medical College at Chicago
At one time Dr Nihart held a chair
of classlics and literature in a college
in Indiana Since his residence in
Petoskey the doctor has built up a
large and lucrative practice and
stands well in the community social­ly
and in a business way
The rooms ane lighrt airy welq fur­n
ished and the cuisine irreprnachablle
in ·s·ubstal1Jce and seTvice The house
is managed by Mr A S Moyer aud
daughlter and the busaness and repu­tation
speak well for their able
management The Moyer is located
at 410 Emmet Street just off Mitch­ell
within easy access to bOoth raUl­r
oad staJtiou3J aJnd steamboalt dock
The rates are from $8 to $12 per
week a·ccorddng to qO·catiIon of room
etc
faot thaJt they have a number of pe­sorters
who h1aVe cQlme baok eaclh
se·as·on to sitay with them for the
past lJ1ine years and also the fact
that they turn away from ten to
twentyfive guests per day during
the season SO it is adV1sable rto make
arrangements1 ahead The Ihouse has
a caJPaCity of fifty guests md in the
dinang room they handle from one
hundred to a hUlldre·d and twentyfive
at each meal many people rooming
in nearby cottages and ·boardting here
EDWARD E GILBERT LAWYER
EdwaJrd E Gilbert WaJS born in
Kalamazoo county July 2s 1867
When a mere I·ad he moned wiuh his
J)aJflents t() northern Mi·chigan· and
settled on a piece of newland whnch
was cleared up by hand In 1882 he
moved wcith hQs pareruts to Busmarck
N D but the boy not finding tihe
weSJt to hus likdng return·e·d oI!lone in
1884 to Manton Mkh Here he
pulp fOlrffied i11Jto a sheet wGlilch is worked 011 a farm in summeof and in
dried over revolVing roBs that are the lumber CaJmps ion willlter until he
heated· after wohich it is finished by had saved enough money to p·ay his
beilJ1g pressed between Iheavy steel expenses at the Fennis Institute Bag
rolls or calender·s as they are called Rapids from which anSJtitutJioIIJ he
and rolled off into reelJs that will gmduated in 1890 It was while at
weigh from two t·o three tlrouSJand· this school that Plrof W N Ferris
pounds each Thence bhe paper is awakened in Mr Gilbert a peal in­cut
into s·heets or small cutter rolls terest crn men and affairs and crn­wrapped
and SJhipped rto the cuStom tensified his 3JIDbition to make the
er Truly it us wonderful itJo I[ealize most of !himself For the next five
that the wrapping paper of the bun yealS he taught s01100 I with ahility
die is [Ieally notrung but a I1trtlIe hit and siuccess until 189s when he 00­of
forest tnaIIJs£ormed for vhe service tered Vhe law department of the Hni­of
man
verlsity of MiC!ligan aJIIJd giraduated
The Petoskey Fibr·e Paper has fl10m that anstatution ·in 1898 and in
brought new men ami many here the £I!lI of that year entered upon the
and has ihelped in every way an the practice of his chooen profession in
upbuilding ()If Petoskey So Id Re the city of Petoskey Dwring the
toskey do her utmost in every pos past ten years in has quiet waYJ and
siMe way to help itJhe Petaskey Fibre by his care and painstaking attention
Paper CompaJny to grow ana uoncrel!se to detaHs Mr Gilbe·rt ihaJs sllcceeded
for in SIO doing she is hriugiing llast in building up a praotice that will re­ing
bene·fit to hensleJf aJS a town and wa·rd him for his yeaps spent in s1udy
a people andhard work
D C OSBORNE
The subject of this sketch has been
engaged in the flour feed and pro­duce
business in Petoskey for 2S
years and is located in fine quarters
on Michigan street and G R and 1
crossing He dea1s in all kUoos of
flour and feed produce seeds stock
and poultry foods fertilizer building
materials cement fire blick etc He
makes a specialty 0£ flour whioh he
handles in car Iots hQs leader being
the famous Gold Rrm brand which
is made at Davenpart Iowa Mr Os­borne
enjoys a splendid trade built
up by years of strict atteil60n to
buscrness and fair and equatable treat­ment
to his patrons
THE MOYER
The Leading Boarding House 0£ the
Resort RegiOn
Thie House of Moyer as thds popu­lar
place is known amOng il1s guests
is more like a largie houlSe party in
resort season rthan 13 boorddng house
Theres a feeling among the guests
that [ts· jusl1 1ine home and every
one upOn leaving says We11 IJJ be
back next ·season The best adner­tisement
that this place has is the
PETOSKEY FIBRE PAPER CO
The Petoskey Fibre Paper Com·
pany situated on Bear Raver in the
city of Petoskey and only a nhort
distance £rom the Bay is {me of the
largest and the most iJmpOIrtJant from
a wage snndpOlil1t of the induSJtofiaJ
oncerns in Northern Michigan
Organized in 1901 oit is bUI1 sev·en
yeals old but in thlat short time its
paper has achieved a great reputatJiol1
for sltrength and other qual1JtJies in
the pf1incipal industrial centers of the
collnltry
A city is deVleloped by nhe bring­ing
in of money from ·outslde s!ourc­es
This is accompJislhed pnimacily
thloUgh manufactuning enterprises
and hence this is the reason why if
a city wants to gr·ow it should and
must foster manufacturing
Few rearize tjhe ma!grtil1ulde of tihe
Petoskey Fdble Paper Gompany hut
aU share in the benefits derived there­from
It employs largely trained
high glade men eamnng splendid
wages Its pay 1011 alone amounts
to $s00000 per month or $6000000
per year which does not ·nndude slaJi­ar
ie·s In wages raw materials Eke
wood \ime etc it pUitS ddrectly initio
the pockets of tihe people of Peroskey
over $12s00000 annually and nealfly
as much more indirectly or a total
of a quarter of a millIion dollars each
veta!r which this mill is wiOr1th to the
People of Retoskey
The mill rUins both niglhl1 and day
whjoJe mOSlt plants run ooly in the
daytime It makes over twenty tons
of finished paper cdaily This would
make a sheet of paper mne feet wide
that would srtf1etch from Petoskey ta
Cadillac anld in two days ·reach GraJnd
Rapids
AU o·f the paper is made from hemn
lock wood· and thi comels from the
neighborhood of Petoskey SO that
mot of rthe money paid for ilt c·ome·s
before long back to fiill the pockets
aJnd gladden the hearts of Petoskey
peopIe
The wood is barknd CUlt up into
small chips and then cooked to a pulp
by being treated in huge steel di­gesters
with o·ulphufoOus acid llTIade
by running the fumes of sulplhur
burned in srted retorts through Iime
water Tlhe oaction of the acid and
the oooking reduces the wood to par­tides
of fihre SO fine that they look
lJike threads of silk Thus is the pulp
which is llIsed to make the paper The
pulp is put into gpeat beaitJers where
the alum and mher ingredients that
go into the composition of praper are
mingled If the paJper is to be 00101­ed
tihe colooning is done hele Then
after being Scpeened and going
th1rough several other p·rocesses the
pulp in wal1ery solution passes into
the immeTIlse paper machine Where
the water is dnained out and the
10 PETOSKEY((THE GEM OF THE RESORTS
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The First National Bank of Petos­key
enjoYs bhe repultation of being
the oldest establislhed bank in Emmet
county It was organized and estab­Lished
in 1878 and from its incipiency
has done a good vo·lume of business
The capital is $10000000 and it shows
aguarantee fund £or depositors of
$22460437 The savings department
solicits accounts upon which is paid
three per cent per annum Certill­cates
of dcposit are also issued which
dra\v interest at three per cent The
commercial department is conduct!
on the most approve·d basis consistent
with good safe banking The First
National bank is equipped with the
Fulton ·sltrleetsnand also cut largoe
long and heavy tlimbers £01 their
shipping trade vogether with millions
of fcet of lumber! fOr dtifferent pur­pos
es At the planing mill one of
the strongest lines is Hardwood
Flooring which is put up in the best
poslsible finish beling kiln dried hol­low
hacked ends matched bored for
nuHs and steel polisihed This pro­duot
goes to every corner of the
United Staves Here also aTe manu­facture
·d Store Frlonus Wandows
Doors Frames Colulmns fine inter­ior
finislh beslidelS dloing la volume of
car work in translit The officerS are
VI/ L McManus Jr Preslid·ent and
Treasurer G B McManus Vioe
Preside11lt M C McManus Secre­ta
·ry
mOist modernsafeguands in the way
of uptodate safety deposlit Vaults for
the storage of Securities wms Leas­es
Deeds Insurance Polkies Silver­ware
and other valuables Following
are the officers and directors Presi­dent
William L Cmtis Vice Presi­dent
Ohalmers Curtils Vice Presi­dent
Christopher F Hankey Cashier
Heber W CUlrti!s Assistant Cashier
VV B Lawton
W L McMANUS LUMBER CO
Pwminent among Ithe firms whtioh
have Cionducted extensie lambering
operwlions in this section of the
State is the W L McManus Lumber
Company Inc This cOmpany was
eSiua·biJished in 1876 and tincorp·orated
in 1904 Tlhey manufacture and art
wholelsale and netail ·dealers in all
grades of lumber and fine pl3!ning
mill work They conduct camps in
severail localities Thelir plants ane
modds of efficiency being equipp·ed
with uptotheminute malchinery for
the variouls work manufactnred
At their large bandsawmiJl Siutuat­ed
in the western punt of t1he city
they saw the lumber for t!he planing
mill whaoh is located on Emmet and
NEW ERA LAUNDRY
A M ·Watmer· proppietor of the
N·ew Ela Petoskeys finest and heist
equipped laundry has been in the
laundry business fo·r the past 1s years
_ and certainly knows all bmnches of
the work perfectly He started with
a hand machnne at Cale·donia Kent
Co near Grand Rapids and learned
the wOrk by hard knocks and act­ual
experience Fourteen yelars ago
he left Caledonia to embark in the
same business on Ma·ckinaw IsJand
where he remained for 8 seasons
coming to Petoskey 9 years ago and
has been here ever slince His splen­did
plant at the foot of State street
has won the distinction of beling not
only the leading laundry of Petnskey
but t·he finest plant of its kind in
Northern Michigan It tis equipped
with the latest and mOst approved
machinery in every department Pow­er
washerS mang}es wringens COnal
and shirt machines and commodious
steam dry room The quality of work
turned out ·at the New Era under the
expenience·d supervision of Mr Wit·
mer has won him many compliments
from the tourists vvho summer here­and
no people on earth are mnre
critical in their approval of laundry
work than summer resorters from the
big cities
H M COLLIllS JEWELER
Mr Collins Slometime ago pur­chals
ed the jewelry 61tme of W H
Seiberit locate·d at 30s Howalfd street
and replenis1hed the stOck so Dhat thns
store at the present time is Ithe equal
in stock and aSSOftment calfied of
any in Northern MichigJan This
store has been establislhed 14 years
and makes a Ispeciality Of ihigh grade
goods fully guaranteed by tlhe ma11luhcturers
Mr CoUins believes lin
making a rlegular patron of every
customer alnd ·his ·motto is not to just
make one sale but 10 make many
to the Slame slati·sfied customens al1ld
in that manner he inltenrJs building
up his tl1ade_ He handles the famous
Community si!lver guaralnteed £01
2s years fnr ofdimary family use and
alSo other Eood lines of merdhandise
He makes a specialty of manufiactur­ing
r·epaiping und finle engnaving
A]slo furn ishing spedlal des igns of
your slC1cetion to he manufactured
and bhis is the agency for Peedesis
Patent book form calling cardls
olf their il1ona·sseslsJabJe sljjock at par
which is $2s ·and upon which divi­denidis
are paid quartedy The rate
for phoU1les is $12 for Ireslideil1ce and
$24 for bus·iness The Swaverly Tele­p
hone Compoanys lines connect With
all independent lines in Michigan
whilch ena hIes the[r subscnibels to
talk with the 70000 Subscribers in
the State
THE CITIZENS MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
The Citizens Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Petoskey was established
in the spfing of 1896 Since its or­ganization
it has flounished and no
ranks among the strong Imutual com­panies
of the Sta te of Michigan It
was never in a sounder financial 0011­dit
ion than it is today It inviten
honest intellngent criticism and has
no part of its recond which nt wishes
to cover up Learn the facts write
to the office or better still ca1ll when
bus1ness payes the way
It affords its membe·rs a positive
safeguard against losses at fhe lowe·st
possible rate ·of premium Average
annual assessment for 12 years $2870
on $1000 of broad reliable [nsurance
Ci Gzens of Emmet and surlOundirig
counties serve their best interelsvS! by
taking a polilcy with the Citizeps
Mutual and have the advantage of
being ansured at home and at cost
PremtucrIlis paid once requare no re­newal
paylments No salaries to hon­oraryofficens
No dividendsl to stock­ho
Jders No trulsting a company
over the h111s and far away Just
broad riberal sure insurance which
you and your worthy neighbors pro­v
ide for yourselves No advancing
two prices to oUitstiders whom you
trust years ahead and whose na��rrow
conditions are made to make money
for themselvesat yoUir expense
The officers and board of directoro
of the Citizens Mutual Fiore Insur­ance
company are well known in this
community and are gentlemen of high
integrnty and excellent buslinesls qmLI­ificadons
and the officers aTe Presi
dent and TreaSurer J H Atkin Vice
President George Long arid Secre­tary
H H Goodwin This company
is under the supervisli·on of the Com­missioner
of Insurance for Michigan
SWAVERLYTELEPHONE CO
A Campany ·that desires ta give
the best possiJjle serVliee is about the
bes·t deseription thalt can be given to
this hnstli11lgindependlent COlmp3ny
It is made up el1Itirely of local peo­p
le and thenefore will serve the home
iaterests best This eonONn has
about 400 tdephlones nn actual use
anc! new one·s are being installed
dai1y The gnowlt h of this C01TIlpany
under ilts able manlagoement hl!S been
wonderful Ilnd they contemQlate in­slualli11lg
a new sWiitohboarrJ in the
near future to take care of bhe mp­idly
increasing ltist of Slnbsonibers
The hiome office is in Kalkaska and
the officers are A E Palmer Presi­de
nt \V H Bockes Vice Preslide11It
Jas A Harnot Secretary and Treas­me
·r C W SWlaverly Genenal Mau­ag
er and E C BockeS Local Man­age
·r Th e Petoskey offiiue is locuted
ovcr Fallals Drug Store corner
Mntcihell and Howard ·streets The
Company offers for sale a few shares
LEVINSONS DEPARTMENT
STORE
A store of whlich Peooskey may
feel justly proud is that of Le!Vlin­sians
which occupies the entlire
bUildil1lg at 32s327 Lake streelt and
isoomplete in every dle1talil This
sltoroe was estaMished over twenty
years ago by Mr J H LeVinson
who retired from businessl and was
succeeded by his son D Oharles
Levinson ahout twelve )lealS ago
partment for men carries a stock of
the farnallS Hannan and Nettleton
sihoes As for ladies shoes Ithey
handle the Queen Qua)jty known the
world oever aS unequalled
On the ·secondi floor we find a fine
as·sortment o·f ladies eloiaks and
suits a good many 0£ Wlhieh are the
Redfern and La Vogue brands
Alslo the millinery and tmnk and
valise deparuments ·are located on
thns Hoor and hoth come up Ito the
general sltandard o·f ·excel·lenee You
\Vlill be amply repaid for your time
spent here by the saVling made on
your pl1rchases at Levinsons
The )loung man is very popular in
fhe bl1sinesls and social cirdes of thi
city and well merits the success that
he has attauned
On the firsil floor are located the
dry goods dothung land shoe depart­me
·nts In the dry gooodis line this
store is· equal to that of any other in
Northem Michigan The clothing de­parltment
known to aH alS the Home
of Hart Schaffner and Marx dothes
can equip one with a ·oomplete a11lo
uptotheminute oUltfit from ·a Stet­son
or MaJ!uil1Y ·cmvenelte hat to
anything in hosiery a11lcL the slhoe de
l
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO In 191sn 11
G DALE GARDNER
The Store That Keeps You Guess
ing
No resident of Petoskey enjoys a
wider acquaintance than G Dale
Gardner proprietor of the home fur­nishing
and jewelry sitore at 31s317
Mitchell street Mr Gardner has
been a reslident of this oity for 2s
yeals and enjoys a pensonal acquaint­ance
with mOSJt every resident of
Emmet county He has been in busi­nes
s for himself for the past ten
yearos and has built up a large trade
Mr Gardner has a faculty in the ad­minis
tration of his busionesS for keep­ing
pUJblic interest alive at all times
00 sudh an extent that his place of
busaness has come to be regarded as
the STore tha t keeps you guessing
He oaters extenlsiveIy10 nhouse fur­nishIngs
and has a lnrge stock from
DR R G PORTER
A gr3Jduate of the Washjngton Un­ivers
ity of St Louus and winner of
first prize for heing the belSt operaoor
at college he hnning sUtpefse·dled
many older men than himself He
has been located in Petoskey f(nr the
paM 20 year and has an enviable
reputation for good work and mod­era
te oharges He has a loarge and
constantly growing practice and in
the summer time Uses tWlO 3JSsistJants
besides an office girl and oa laboratory
man The office is locaJted at 329)1
Lake street and the doctor makes a
speciality of treatnng Pyomhea a diseas
e which is quite preViaIenrt at the
present Itime and causes loosening
and then total losls of the teeth The
docroor states that he has a remedy
for the dliseoase whanh he ilIas tried
and tested fOr the past ten years and
which he is gettnng ready to place
on the market it being the only pos­itive
C!1r·e 1snown to the derutal werId
He is assisted in his laboratory
wOlk by W J Jarman an effioient
PTosthethuc Dentist whlO has been
with the doctor for the paSJt 18 years
and is conslide·red ro be one of the
best men in his line in tihe country
Mr Jarman i an expent ·on plate
and other difficult work It wiU pay
anyone conte=plating the need of a
dentist to s·ee Dr Porter
THE HORN STUDIO
Art in photographythat qualaty of
light and shade in the portrait akin
to Hfe by means of rthe camerais
the dream and desire of the portrait
maker At the Horn Studio 30sn
Lake street Petoskey Grace Chand­ler
Horn has establtislhed a record for
true natural art in making pictures
Her work is of the very highest or­der
and has created much favorable
comment among heT many patrons
during the past season many of
whom were from the larger cities of
the United States and able judges of
good photogTaphy She purchased
the studio from E E Bowman about
one year ago which is the oldest
studio in Northnrn Michigan Her which the most critical buyer can
work embraces eve·r)Tlthing from a post make a selection He calries tents
card to a richcarbon She makes a and campers outfits conducts a de­s
pecialty of all kinds of Platinum partme·nt of upholsternng and general
work platinum water color chalk repairang an·d all kinds of cushion
dnawing etchings etc Grace Chandler
Horns pictures of children have work Stoves are stored aud repairs
awakened no little interest She loves for same can be secured upon short
children and she takes great pride notice
and interest in taking their pictuTes In his jewelry depaltment he em­Her
success is due in a measure no ploys a first class watchanaker and
the fact than heT heart al1Id soul aTe m makes a specialt of fine repairin
her p·rofesslOn She takes a personal y g
interest in her subjects and will not and engravmg He also oarfole1s a
let a photograph go out unless it in supply of ilubher tires for invalrid
penectly slatisfactory ip her judgment chaars and baby carts In faat ·his
If ·the pioture does not suh her she stock i·s· so diversified as to meet the
cheerfully makes a resitting witihout general requirements ·of the buyelS
additional cost to her patrons The of Petoskey and vicinity He em­Record
predicts a bright and Sllccess ploys a corps of abJe and courteoUS
ful futUTe for Grace Chandler Horn lissilsmants which has ·done mUlch in
in Petoskey the popularnzing of his store
LOBBY
A superb orchestra furniSJhes mu
sac for meals ·and daily concerts and
semiweekly hops are head
Dhe tables are supplied with all
fresh dairy and garden products
which are produced on large farms
which are contracted fOT their entire
supply Benries and fruits are served
the same day they are picked
The Subur·ban TerIruinal Station is
located within two munutes walk of
and during the spring the main entrance where all trains
enteItins 111any bridal are taken for the neighboring re­sorts
WequetonlSing HaJrbof Springs
Harbor Point Roaring Brook Char­levoix
Oden oand Walloon Lake with
their varied amusements golf tennis
boating and the Eke All within a
few minutes ride Histolic Mack1nac
may be reached in two hours Beav­er
Island farmer ·home ·of the Mor­mon
King Strang may be seen in
outlline from the mann entmnce and
the laroge lake steamers touch at St
J ames the Kings capital city
The rateos at the eushman are
$2s0 per day and up Special rates
by the week also rates for children
and mJalids For further inforomation
address W L McManus Jr pro­prietor
care of the Cushman Pe­tosk
ey Miclhigan
THE CUSHMAN HOUSE
One of the leading hotels of the
famous Petoskey summer resort re­gion
is the Hotel Cushman This
hote·) is open all yeail Tound tlhe an­nex
being utiljzed exclusively for sum­mer
·guesrts The Cus·hman has ac­commodation
for 3s0 guests and ihas
been taxed to its capacity for the past
34 seasons daring the Summer The
Cllshman is popular for newly wed
LADIES PARLOR
ded couples
and fall nt
parties
The Cwshman House and Annex
are recognized as the standard of ex­ce
JITence The hotel itS modern rooms
en suite Wiith pnivate baths Many
public baths Elecbric pasSenger
elevator Rinest location which is
central to all attractions A beauti­ful
park extends across the entiTe
front racing a spacious porch wlitlh
room for a thoUsand guests
The annex which is a four story
bUJilding is a modd of beauty and
safety It isa stni·otly fire proof struc­ture
being constTucted of pressed
brick and cut stone The rooms are
large and magnificently aJppointed
and cannot be sl\IrpaSsed by any ho­tel
for comfert and locadon
12 PETOSKEytlTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Boost for
Greater
Petoskey
c
DC
GRINNELL BROS MUSIC
HOUSE
THE FALLAS DRUG STORE
Tihat is the name of a stor·e that is
only haH drug store the other half
heing devoted to books s·tationery
The leading mllsic house in Petos­key
is owned by Grinnellil Bros and in
a hmnch of Gninne11 Hlos DeltrOlit
Michirgans leading music house Mr.
E L Johns manager of the Petos­\
ley s·tore ha·s done much to popular­nze
hishotlise with paltrons in this
vicinity The Hne comprises the
world renowned Steinway Sohmer
Grinnell Bros (own make) Wegman
Sterling Shoninger Smith ·and Barnes
and other fine pianos Pianolo pi­anos
Vocalions�� and Orchestrelles A
f\1lll line {)If Edison Phonog·raphs and
Victor Talking Machines records and
suppJies small instruments and every­thing
in the realm of music Grinnell
Bros make a specjalty of renting pi­anos
to res·orters anywhere in the re­sort
district of Northern Micihigan
The Petoskey store is ·locaJted at 434
Mitchell St
BURNETT FOUNDRY AND MA­CHINE
WORKS LTD
One of the thrifty anlsltitutions of
Petoskey is the Burnett Foundry and
Machine WorkJs Ltd Iocaied at 3Ib
State str·eet This firm conducts a
fully equipped f·oundlry and machine
shop where they do general jobbing
and repwir wo·rk and make a spelCialty
of iIon and hrass castings Among
the aortides Jisted which t·has firm
manufactures are s·awmalls sang
edgers drag sawing malohines lath
mills and bolters engine·s and boHers
shafting heavy sheet i·ron work etc
The Burnett sheet s·teel hot air fur­nace
builtby this cotlliP·any has prov­ed
a great success and provides a
satisfactory as we1Il as an economical
heating device It is buiLt in three
sizes wath fire boxes 22 in 26 in and
30 in diameters respectively It is
built to snit a high or low basement
wnd hurns either wood or coal It
can be cased in wiDth brick or port­able
with galvanized iron jacket to
suit /the customer The Burnett
COmpany also mlanufaeture 4cycilt arnangement the three par\ners owngasoI
ine et)gines forstationary or ma ed the two store·s t?gethn At the
rine work They carry a full line ot filst opportullIty which came the fol­repairs
and parts for gasOline engines 10wLng pnng the old FarnsWorth
store With btS new acceSSlOns wa!l
moved into the plesent quarte·rs ·of
the Fallas drug sItore This removal
served a douMe purpos·e in 1elieVing
t·he firm of the Farnsworth incubus
and securing one of the best loca­tions
in the oity nhe bnsinesls
doubted at once and htals dloulbled at
leaslt once slince It may be incident­ally
remarked tl1at the propTietor
would I·ike to see anOither double
However he states oemphatically that
he is not kicking as long talS he can
see a steady iillcrease )1ear bv y·eatr
The sltore iSI a large douMe store and
it is not t·oo ml\1 clh to Slay thl·t it is
cmwded to its utmOist capacity an­cluding
the wide gallery and the
basement If has become necessary
ItO r·emove all of thewall paper of
which the ·store carnies from 20000
rolls out of seas·on to 60000 willis in
sea·son to the baslement There is
not s0 heavy a stock of wall paper
carried north of Gralllid Rapids Cam­era
supplies have become a feature
o·f the store It would plObably be
a surprise to most p·eOple to be told
that the Eastman firm alone get
checklS for $200000 every year from
this store alone
The ploprietor diisclaims· all upto­date
nelss and tries to be content to
jog along in the good oM way of
giving quidproquo and! letting re­s\
Ilts take care of themslelves and
him
He organized and managed the Pe7 wall paper camera goods art sup­
toskey Cooperative Bnrial ASiSocia plie1s and a lot of kindred good·s nOit
tion which haoS just been merged found in other Petoskey stores 10­with
the Home Mutual Blenefit As rated at the corner of Mlitchell and
sociatnon of Flint of whiclh Mlr Stone Howa·rd ·sltreds Mr FajJas the pro­is
Gene·ral Manager for Emme·t Che prietor came to Petoskey 10 years
boygaln Otsego Ch\)rlevoix and AnI agcr He bought the old Farnsworth
trim counties The object of tbis as stock and location in the Fochtman
sociation is to create a fund for the block The Farnsworth ·store was
protection of its memberls and i·s es not only defunct but was slomewhat
pe·6ally good for those who cam not worse than dead In fact lit was too
or do 11IOt ca·re to canry a large dead to ·s·kin for its uniformly bad
amount of insl\lrance It nlS organnzed mputation was a minus·asset The
under the laws of the State of Mlichi burden of beginning on Ithe wrong
gan and is auuhorized to do bnsinteSs side of true ·sltarting point weighed op­by
the State Insurance Commissioner preslsnVe1y on the newpurchaser and
Any information regarding this Com his fiIst hard work was to form a
pany will be ghdly fumislhe·d by Mr partnership with Coburn & Harper
Stone whose alim has always been to and thereby shoulder a major pOltion
comply wath the wants anld needs of of the burden onto them By tlh1s
the general public
NATHAN J STONE
Mr St·one haJS belen in ithis section
of the country since 187s and is one
of Petoskeys pnominellit business
men H·e is a fnneral direotor and
embalmer of !are ability and has
gan and although havang had his of­lice
open but a SlhOl1t time has a
very good practice whidh is grow­ing
V!ery ·rapndly The doctor USIeS
all modern methods known to ·the
dental world and his charge·s aIe
very modenate He is a very enter­priSling
Y0ulllg man and well merits
the pract·ice he is receiing
parel for me·n who know and wear
good clothes He buys· his goods with
this end in view and it can be relield
upon thalt his goods are as styJjsh aJS
thos·e ca·rried by the big stores of N·ew
York and Chicago Mr Remington
specializes in mens supplies and ca­ters
to the good dressers of Northern
Michigan He has received many
compliments from tourjsts· from the
big cities upon the excellent style and
quality of the goods carried by him
He is special order agent for tailor
made clothes shirts and fine under­wear
He carries a large variety of
neckwear hose mens furnishings
and the latest stvles in the farrnous
Knox stiff and soft hats together with
other leading makes
P D MILLER DENTIST
A p·roduct of PetoSlkey and one of
the citys promising young men IS
Dr Miller whose office is locatled at
30sV Lake street He is a recenlt
gradua·te of the Univers·ity of Michaderfnl
making three fewtures
ing toward s·peedy reoovery
John ReYcraft has been located in
Petoskey for the past fifteen yeals
and Dr Geo Reycraft for aboutthir­teen
years both havillg buik np en­Via
ble practices ir that time Every
person who has been a pattient in
this hospital speaks very highly of
th·e trealtment accorded them
DR GEO REYCRAFT
DR JOHN REYCRAFT
key and Bay View and as fitted up
with fifteen beds with trained nurses
and assiMants in charge Tihere are
at present five young ladies being
trained for nurses at thi·s institution
The operatting r·oom is fitted up
with es·peoial care· and wiith refer­ence
to the natttreof the work to
be pedormed and oontanns a full
complement of the latest and belst
surgical instruments and accessncms
The hosp·ital surrouooings are s·ani­tary
and cheerful the dimaJte won
THE PETOSKEY HOSPITAL
The Petoskey Hospital was estab­lished
January 10 1908 by Doctors
John and Geo Reycmft two of the
most promjnent of the professional
men of this city and ·has been very
sUccessful ever since It is located
on Arlington Avenue between Peltos
A E REMINGTON MENS TOG
GERY
Nowhere perhaps is Dame Fashion
more in complete sway than at an
Amertican summer resort and Peltos­key
is no exception to the rule AI! been in ·hns present ]·ocatnon corner
of the fads and novelties in mens MitcheIl and Petoskey streets for
apparel are \in evidence here during the past nine years His equipment
the summer months when the popu is the most connp!e1te and upntodlate
lation is large and coslmopo!itan A of any in this pant of the country A
E Remington proprietor of the section of Mr Stones business
Mens Toggery Shop at 403 Lake which has grown cOlnsidel1ab]e of late
street is al6ve to existing Ciondiltlions is the pictnre framillg and pos·t ·caild
with·the result thalt hiiS store ·is always Ilines which are equal to tlhose of any
well stocked ith IIptothenmlinlllte all ather concern in the city
BOOST FOR GREATER PETOSKEY
The First State Bank of Petoskey
Among bhe substantial financial in­stitutions
of Western and Northern
Michigan is the First State Bank of
Ptoskey This bank was organized
in 1891 and received its charter froill
the state July 21 of the same year
Its growth has be·en steady bu
strong keeping pace with the devel
opment of Petoskey and the sur­rounding
country The policy of this
creditable institution has been in
keeping with the most approved and
uptodate methods of banking in­
pi ring absolute confidence and es­
lblishing a safe and definite value
l he directorate is composed of successfu1
intJuential and representativ(
business men who take an active part
in the shapling of the pOllicy and man­agement
of the banks affairs amI
comprises George S Rice E R Sly
vV G McCune F 1 Crhichester and
Leon eh ichester That the bank haS
pnospered under the exceHent man­agement
of these gentlemen is evi­denced
by the fact that the total re­sources
aggregate $s2s9ss43 the or­iginal
capital being $s000000
The Commercial Department re­ceives
deposits subj ect to check buys
nd sells Domestic and Foreigi1 Ex­challge
issues Letters of Credit (Do­meslbic
and Foreign) Travelers
Checks (Domestic and Foreign)
Bank Money Orders Foregn Postal
Remittances and makes Cable and
Telegraphic transfers to all parts of
the world The Savings fk t1artment
receives deposlits of twentyfive cents
or more upon which it plays interest
at the rate of three per cent per an­maIl
This bank makes a specialty of
banking by mail in both thn Savings
and Commercial Deparnments A
feature of this enterprising 1l1stitntm
is tlhe Safe Doeposit DC/partmerut which
has filled a long felt want and met
with univeorsal approval not only of
the people of Petoskey and vicinity
but the thousands of summer tourists
who find this department a great
source of satisfaction and convenience
Thehome of the First State Bank
of Petoskey is one of the finest and
best equlipped buildings to be found
in Michigan outside of Detroit and
Grand Rapids Its appointments in
every detail are complete and the in·
terior arrangement and equipment
and furnishings of each department
are rich and in poedect harmony The
vaults are as secure as modern meth­ods
money steel electricity and hu­man
ingenuity can make them Built
of sOilid threeply steel lining equlip­ped
with automatic dectnic burgnar
alarm The outer walls are very thick
and are constructed of concrete and
expanded metal making at the strong­est
bank in this part of Michigan
from the viewpoillJt of burgilar and
fire protection In addition funds en­trusted
to the care of this bank are
safeguarded by the State of Michigan
Following are the offilCers President
Leon Chichester Vice President
George S Rice Cashier A J Hoffer
Leon Chichester President
LITTLE WILL the Big Jeweler The New Saville
this hotel a fine view of the bay is
always obtainable also the wharf and
steamboat landing In the summer
time the rooms are always cool fan­ned
by the fresh lake breeze and the
nights ale ever conducive to sound
refreshing sleep During the summer
resort season theres somethins do­ing
every minute The New Saville
bej11lg right at the edge of the Mid­way
where thousands and thousands
of resorters congregalte danly the
great promenade reaches its zenith
at this point Mine Host Sager of­fers
best of accommodation with un­exceUed
table at from $1s0 to $200
per day arud special rates by the week
Among the many popuIar hotds of
Petoskey lis Tlhe New Saville com­manding
a splendid view of Little
Traverse Blay at the summit of the
famous Midway at the corner of
Bay and Petoskey streets This is an
allyearround hotel and is conducted
in an able manner on the American
plan by CharleS J Sager the popular
proprietor This house is particular­ly
convenient for tihe commercial
publie being situated within a few
steps of the Pere Marquette depot
The house has been thoroughly ren­novated
throughout and hals 2s rlooms
for the accommodation of guests fur­nished
in a homelike uptodate man­ner
From the spacious veranda of
ried in l!bundance aJ11d a ish toO the
cut glasiS display room will surely
convince the most skeptical of bhe
completeness of Mr Searles slbole
He is a manufacturing opticjan alld
guarantees to match lelues and fit
the eyes as near perfect as possible
with humaln skiiU
Mr Searle has the complete pre­scr
iption files of Dr A G Oven
and can fiJJ same on short notice
He make& a business of filling pTe­scr
iptions for occulists and optkians
all over tihe oountry and is doing a
large mail order business in Ithis !ine
Heis a graduate of the Ohicago Oph­thalmic
College of the class of r89s
and is a very competienrt opltician
1\1r Searle has one of the fine Sit
watchmakers lin the country today
and also has an engraver and manu­facturing
jeweler whom it would be
hard to beat
Every person who has ever visited
Petoskey and a glood many who have
not have heard of Mr Will Z
Searle the jeweler as he is known far
and wide as Little Will on account
of his having weighed only 104
pounds nihen he came to this won­derful
climate and he now weighs
1s0 pounds His store is located
COTner of Lake and Howard streets
and it is the largest and best ap­poi
nted jewelry and opbical sltore in
N olthern Michigan bauinlg none
The store ha been established 26
years and well deserves the large
patronage it is consltantly receliving
In resoOrt seaSon he canies a $3s000
stock of beautiful merdlandise and
ha3 been complimentled many times
by resorters comparling his sltore and
stock with those of Chicago and oth­er
large cjtien Hawkes Libby and
Mount WashinSton CUlt glass is car
PETOSKEY
IDEAL HEALTH AND SUMMER RESORT
nN TOM RE attractive region skirting the shores of the great lakes of Northern Mich
igan presents itself to the consideration of the summer tourists of the United States
more emphatically or thoroughly ideal from the standpoint of HEALTH REST
and RECREATION than the farfamed Petoskey and its numerous environs Its cool
breezes allnng shades restful nooks scenic grandeur of hill and dale and water delight­ful
alI and restful atmosphere place it preeminently in the first rank as the ideal resort of all
_ health na Summer resorts in Michigan It is the coveted Mecca of the HAY FEVER
sufferers and the ASTHMA victim The very air inspires and invigorates rests and re­juvenates
and CURES Once a summer guest at Petoskey you become an annual so­journer
at this IDEAL RESORT
It would be impossible to find a more delightful fishing region throughout Western
and Northern Michigan than that afforded by the many streams in the vicinity of Petoskey
The brook trout the most endeared member of the finny tribe to the heart of the angler
is found here in abundance and strings of the speckled beauties reward the fishermen for a
days labor in this vicinity The streams bubbling with clear cold water gurgling under
hollow banks surging into countless eddies or beating into foam over countless miniature
waterfalls abound with trout The many little lakes are full of bass pike and pickerel
which are within easy access of Petoskeythe famed health and summer resort and
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PETOSKEY
QUEEN CITY OF THE NORTH
PETOSKEY RECORD
RESORT AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION
PRICE TEN CENTS
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BOOST FOR GREATER PETOSKEY
The Only Strictly Resort
Hotel in Petoskey
The New Arlington
S H PECK Proprietor
Poinciana of the Lakes
If you will lay out before you a
map of Northern Michigan and draw
a radius of some thirty miles with
Petoskey as a center you will find
that it encompasses about all of the
important places of interest in this
favored section of the State It is
undisputedly the zenith of Michigan’s
famed resort region It is known to
summer tourists throughout the
length and breadth of the country
At Petoskey is located The New Ar­lington
situated on the edge of this
charming summer resort city on a
bold commanding bluff overlooking
grand old Lake Michigan
After looking up Petoskey and its
attractions which we trust are suffi­ciently
varied with its amusements
and pleasant side trips to induce you
to spend the summer here be you
young or old maid or matron bache­lor
Or widower the next step to­ward
the completion of your arrange­ments
is the choice and selection of
your hotel
The New Arlington was rebuilt
during the winter of 1897 and 1898
and opened in July 1898 for its first
season It sprang into first rank im­mediately
from its opening and now
enjoys the splendid reputation of be­ing
the leading summer resort hotel
in this section of Michigan Each
year its success has grown more pro­nounced
and the favor in which it is
esteemed by its thousands of patrons
is merited satisfaction to the man­agement
The hotel contains 300
rooms 36 of which are family apart­ments
en suite each with bath and
equipped with open sanitary plumb­ing
These baths are arranged in
adjoining outside rooms and 10x6
in dimension enjoying every modern
appointment of luxury and comfort
The furniture beds springs and gen­eral
equipment of The New Arlington
are unequalled by any resort hotel in
Michigan The grand porches as­sembly
room dining room and par­lors
are striking for their grandeur
and elegance The management cor­dial
ly invite a personal inspection
and candid comparison of The New
Arlington with anything else yet
built on the Shores of the Northern
lakes
Hay fever sufferers are especially
happy and find universal relief at Pe­toskey
For the benefit of these
The new Arlington remains open until
October making them special
rates
Within the hotel one finds it
amuse a fine four alley bowling out­fit
ladies find gentlemen’s Billiard
rooms a complete cafe attractive
card and grill rooms casino and
dancing hall a complete orchestra of
ten finished musicians rendering con­certs
at appropriate hours evening
dances informal hops and morning
Germanys children are particularly
happy at The New Arlington The
Size and build of the house are such
that the little folks have numerous
rights of their own including a
children’s playroom in charge of a
special attendant not only indoors
but outdoors in the private parks and
grounds of the hotel and attraction
not possessed by any other hotel in
Petoskey The New Arlington i
provided with a fast passenger ele­vator
Thoroughly steam heated­
guest chambers being provided
with steam radiators Lighted
throughout with electric light. Pub­-
lic baths and toilets for ladies and
gentlemen coated on each floor
Thoroughly protected with fire alarm
and water plugs, hose and three
broad stairways leading direct from
basement to top floor and outside
iron fire escape from every hall win­dow
The table and service of the hotel
are entirely on keeping with its high
class equipment and our large ca­pacity
enables us to take care of
family Or special parties at a reasonable
figure Golfing wheeling horse­back
riding driving honing swim­ming
and sailing keep one occupied
in outdoor sports
Rates Transient $300 to $s00 per
day weekly (two occupying one
worn one double bed) $1s00 to
$2800 per week each adult One per­son
occupying one room $17s0 to
$3s·00 per week Children and nurses
eating in ordinary and two not occupying
any more space ban one
adult will be taken at half price
Private bath and parlors extra Open
from June to October
Complete information in detail together
with folders will be sent upon
request by addressing S H Peck
Proprietor The New Arlington Pe­toskey
Michigan
Greater
Petoskey
THE ADVANTAGES Offered as a Manufacturing
and Jobbing Center Are Unexcelled The Natural
Distributing Point for Northwestern Michigan
PETOSKEY HARBOR AND BEAR RIVER
turkey and surrounding country and
today they are operating plants at
Harbor Springs Boyne Falls Gay­lord
Boyne City and Mancelona In
1904 this firm incorporated with a cap­ital
of $100000 C F Hanky bei11lJ
President L C Hanky Vice Presi­dent
and G R Hanky Secretary and
Treasurer In 190s the plant at Pete
sky was remodeled at a hl1ge ex­pense
Three Hanky Miming (h sold
all their old machinery and installed
had the Latest and improved machinery
and today they have one of the best
and up-to-date 1l1ills in the state
Their brands of f1our are O B
Champion Gold Sell and Hankers
Best The local merchants have tak­en
a commendable in1erest in the sale
of these brands of f1our and Mr. Hanky
informs us that the sale of these
products have increased 3S !per cent
in the last two years Torus\ is a substantial
increase and shows development
and growth
THE HANKEY MILLING CO
The Hanky Milling Co began
business in Petoskey 29 years ago In
fact it is one of the first plants bait
in the city Their business has stead­ily
increased width the growth of Pe
Because it has the finest and health­iest
climate in the world
Because it has the hunt water in
the world for domestic or commer­cial
use
Because all its citizens are loyal
and enterprising and think Petoskey
the best place on earth
Because it has good sewerage gas
for light and fuel electric light and
power and the best public utilities
Because it has every requirement
for successful business and inexpen­sive
recreation
Because it is a growing city and
in ten years will have a population
of 2S000 making investments profit­able
Because it is a resort center and
noted the world over for its beautiful
and numerous hotels
Because Petoskey gets the best
train service in resort season that
there is to hardwood vestibule
trains run through to Chicano St
Louis Indianapolis Louisville New ECKEL DRUG CO
Orleans etc. Among the thriving drug concerns
Because it has several lines of Petoskey Is the Eckel Drug Com­stn
amship t1ansportation besides the pony located at 3II Howard street
railroads making low freight rates This store is managed by Mr. F L
Because Petoskey is the natural I French a graduated phl3!rmacist who
distributing point for Northwestern bought in the business something
Michigan as the success of its whole over a year ago Under Mr. French’s
sale houses is sufficient evidence able management the stand has done
thereof a splendid business's having retained
Because Petoskey is the market the old patrons and trade mainly new
place of 100000 resorters who reside Olds This snore enjoys a big preen
or near this city giving the mere scrip on business year round
chant sufficient field for his efforts which reaches its height dung the
resort Season The stock is well seen
Because Just as soon as you get to elected and kept fresh and up-to-date
Petoskey and Inhale a breath of real and includes the usual are of propriety fresh
all you Will fee! like ·a new per tar remedies drugs wines and Bison
and want to reside here quires of the highest medicinal test
perfumes and toilet articles Mr.
French is enterprising and courteous
and has made many friends during his
short business career in Petoskey
Th.Ds. store is one of the 2000 Stores
in the United States marking a special­ty
of Rexal1 remedies of which there
is one for each ailment
DERK DE RUITER MAYOR
Petoskey has splendid educational
facilities her Public schools are of
the best and she has one of the fin­est
business and normal schools to
be found anywhere in the United
States She is well supplied with
churches of all denominations and
has been frequently referred to as
the church city of Northern Michi­gan
Her banking institutions are
of the soundest and very highest 01­del
and stand well among the leading
financial institutions of the State of
Michigan
SOME REASONS WHY
Petoskey is a Good City for Manu­facturing
Residence or Recreation
Because rents in Petoskey are rea­sonable
either for residence or busi­ness
INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL
PETOSKEY
There are many attractive feature
offered by Petoskey too the perspec­tive
manufacturer and investor City
lots are steadily appreciating and for
several years real estate of all kinds
has showed a healthy cumulative val­ue
In addition to vacant lots which
always prove a good investment and
yield fair profits there are some
splendid factory sites which are ad­mirably
located These parcels can
be purchased at nominally low figure
res for liberal concessions will be
made in the way of sites for manu­facturing
purposes Labor is ample
and taxes are low in Petoskey Ship­ping
facilities are splendid both by
rail and water Educational facili­ties
and manufacturing enterprises
have already range Petoskey mort
than a summer town She is fas1
exerting influence· as an industrial
and !producing center Commercially
Petoskey is showing great strength
Her progressive firms are drum­ming
the contiguous territory with
the result that the city is now the
distributing center for the live towns
and cities from Mackinaw City to
Traverse City Petoskey is splen­did
market f()r the farmers of tithes
community and hundreds of enterer
icing truck gardeners are netting big
profits from fruit and vegetables dur­ing
the big summer months The
past few years has witnessed consid­erable
movement in farm real estate
in Emit county and the heretofore
neglected but rich and fertile tracts
are being transformed into well ap­pointed
farms
The assessed valuation of the city
of Petoskey for the fiscal year is approx.
irately $300000000 or viewed
at a conservative estimate is about
one-half of it actual market value
The rate of taxation()n for 1909 based
upon each $Ion assessed valuation
will be $20S Not very high when
taken into comparison with a great
many Michigan towns of two and
three times the size of Petoskey Pe­toskey
municipal affairs are being ad­ministered
at the present time along
the lines of Retrenchment and judicial
us economy Mayor Dark Detroiter
and the Board of Public Works
have made a creditable showing in
the handling of the city’s affairs
The bonded indebtedness at the
present time is a trifle over S% of
the assessed valuation or something
like $15100000 in round numbers
distributed as follows $44000 on the
municipal lighting plant $6sooo on
the water works and municipal improvement
t debt for parks streets
bridges etc. of $42000 The interest
on the bonds running ta the munici­pal
plants is more than taken care to
each year by the net earnings of
these plants For the present year
alone the municipal lighting plant
shows a net earning above interest
and maintenance of $800000
The water works is in a healthy
paying condition Sidewalk and street
construction is taken care ()f 2S%
and 33%% respectively coming from
the municipal improvement fund the
balance is spread upon the general
tax rolls Petoskey has efficient
police and fire departments Law
and order are efficienently maintained at
all times The work of the fire de­partment
has been such that fire loss­es
are practically nothing
2 PETOSKEYTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Greater
Petoskey
THE GEM of the Resorts A Modern Little City
Ideally Located The Atmosphere is Cool and Brac­ing
Boating Bathing Fishing Golfing and Motoring
(
PETOSKEY IN 187s
SCENE IN PETOSKEY
safe That these banks weathered
the financial storms of 190708 in the
splendid man net in which they did is
but proof of their SoIidity The pol­icy
of government of Petoskey is by
no men’s conservative or puritanical
The cosmopolitan population of the
summer months demands a hospit­able
interpretation of the general
laws and they are accorded an ad­m1nis
traction that is liberal yet strict·
I in keeping with law and older
The present season has noted a good
many movements in real estate and
the outlook for a renewed acclivity
in general building for 1909 looks decidedly
good We believe that we
are justified in making the prophecy
that Greater Petoskey will enjoy a
population of 1s000 in 191s Every­body
boost and keep boosting roar
Greater Petoskey and well get there
estimated at fruity 2s000 to 30000
people Some of these guests ate
residents of four months duration
during each year A percentage each
year by reason of the healthful en­vironments
of the Queen City of the
North are becoming residents Emit
county is fast being converted
into an agricultural clunky The disappear
earache of the pine and hardwood I
forests no longer leaves an epoch of
wild lands and underbrush for the
farmer is pressing forward with team
and plowshare and reclaiming the
lark\s so wantonly dese1ted by the
men of the axe The complexion of
the soil in Emit county joss rich and
strong and productive It is· bring­ing
a fair price per acre and is attar
citing settlers throughout the low­er
portion of Michigan and the north
portion of Ohio Indiana and Illi­nois
AU this can but !help boost
Petoskey and render our clam foot a
population of 1s000 people in 191s
less a dream and more a possibility
Petoskey must necessarily become
the market for the agricultural sec­tions
of Emit county Her ship­ping
fajitas are unexcelled both by
rail and water Her financial insti­tutions
ate strong and substantial
and their policies are Liberal yet
Several _kinds of booklets albums
of views miniatures folders and oth­er
interesting things in the picture
Line find many appreciative buyers
and ate on sale at all dealers His
latest booklet is entitled Summer
Resorts on Little Traverse Bay
and is one of the handsomest souvenirs’
ever published of Petoskey and
Northern Michigan
In addition to all of these Mr.
Cook finds time to take pictures for
the G R & 1 railroad company for
the quantities of advertising matter
they send out every year
The value of these posit cards and
pictures is not limited to Mr. Cooks
interests by any means their value
to the city of Petoskey and this
whole northern resort region is inertia
·blew Nothing else could ad­vertise
our attractive country so
handsomely and extensively as these
and his success is a matter of pride
to all Petoskey people as well as sat­isfaction
to himself
ALTON G COOK
The Post Card Man
For a number of years Mr. Cook
has been engaged in picture making
hardly a spot in this northern region
that has any pretension to beauty
picturesqueness or natural charm
halls escaped his camera and his sun­sets
on the bay boat scenes ice
scenes and myriads of others have
helped make this one ·of the famous
spots on the map of Michigan The
making of post cards which he began
about five years ago has· Proved one
of the most successful lines he has
yet undertaken and as he is continu­ally
working to improve and enlarge
it is hard to predict what he will
accomplish in the future
The colored post card scenes· of this
region are very popular with the reporters
and Mr. Cook recognizing
this fact began to put out a line ·of
nearly fifty different views that is
pronounced almost as handsome as
hand colored cards using the same
process as the ·big magazine houses
using the colors of yew red blue
and black in the order named
His latest effort is a half tone or
double tone which is very handsome
the finished card being a rich beauti­ful
bow almost a perfect imitation
of a photograph
Mr. Cook now publishes about 200
different views of Petoskey and sur­rounding
resorts the territory cov­ered
reaching from Walloon Lake to
Cheboygan and all around Little
Traverse Bay He runs an exclusive
Post Card Store at 208 Midway
which is said to carry the most com­plete
line of cards of any in this re­gion
and resorts compliment Mr.
Cook on his assortment His stock
consists of thousands of different
cards from the comic Ito the most
expensive hand painted cards In the
winter season Mr. Cook runs a
Job printing plant making a specie
of high class commercial work etc.
1s000 POPULATION IN 191s
To some the claim that Petoskey)
wi1l be a city with 1s000 inhabitants
in 191s may seem absurd and exaggerate
ted beyond pos·sib1lity The trend
is toward a Greater Petoskey and a
close observation Of the duties that
have made creditable strides in the
way of population during the past
few years shows that they pulsated
with the same industrial energy and
life that _permeate Petoskey at the
present time Petoskey is ·growing she
less alive with a spirit of municipal
progress that spells PROSPERITY
Her citizens and business men are
energetic broadminded and progressive
They have one aim SI() far as
Petoskey is concerned and that is a
Greater Petoskey with a population
of 1s000 in 191s Petoskey’s summer
tourist population is conservatively PARK SCENE IN PETOSKEY
GREATER PETOSKEYISOOO III 191s
Michigan
in Summer
Oh the years I lost before I knew you love!
Oh the hills I climbed and came not to you love!
Ah who shall render unto us to make us glad
The things which for and of each other’s sake
We might have had!
affording
Chicago
and oath
ROARING
BROOK
SCENES
GREATER PETOSKEY
THE NEW PETOSKEY PUBLIC
LIBRARY
With the aid of Mr. Carnegie Mrs.
Sepia L Johnson the city and the
M E church Petoskey will at last
have a much needed library complete
in every detail which will be com­pleted
April I 1909 The building
will be located on Mitchell street just
above the Post Office and will be one
of the best equipped small libraries
in the State The total cost will be
about $20000
The Queen City of the North
Permanent population 8000
Resort season population 40000
Points reached by suburban trains
and ferry lines 2s000
Lake transportation lines
direct connections with
Milwaukee Detroit Buffalo
err points
Two railroads namely the Pere
Marquette and the Grand Rapids &
Indiana running solid vestibule
trains to all the large cities
One daily and two weekly news­papers
The best and finest dilate in the
world
A city of boomers
Hay fever is unknown
Numerous hotels large and small
and rates that are reasonable
Suburban trains and steamboats
every half hour to Harbor Springs
Bay View Charlevoix Wequetonsing
Roaring Brook Walloon Lake Mack­inaw
Island and other beautiful
points of interest
Large Paper Mills
Saw Mills
Planning Mills
Large Tanneries
Lime Companies
Stone Crushers
Seed and Implement Houses
Rotary Pump Factory
And many smaller institutions
Low taxation
Municipal electric light plant and
water works
Unlimited water power
romantically inclined to indulge in
canoe trips with Indian guides fish­ing
shooting the chutes etc. The
suburban train service between Way
gamut and Petoskey is· frequent
Should you ask me whence these
stories?
\Hence these legends and traditions
Vito the odors of the forest
\Vito the dew and damp of meadows
With the curling smoke of wigwams
\Vito the rushing of great rivers?
* * * * * * * * I shou1d answer I should tell you
From the forests and the prairies
From the great lakes of the North
1and
From the land of the Ojibwas
end white actors The drama is beau­tifully
costumed and staged with a
realism almost startling and is man­aged
by the author himself Mr. L O
Armstrong Hiawatha was origin­ally
brought out at Descartes On­tario
but being too far away from
many who would like to see it
was removed to Northern Michigan
two seasons ago with the result most
gratifying to those who visit the
northern country It lasts through
the entire summer season and is giv­en
with amplitude of accessories and
the most scrupulous attention to de­tail
Opportunity is also afforded the
INDIAN PLAY HIAWATHA A1
WAYAGAMUG
spectacular exhibition IS
the very place where the Ojibwa
of the old days camped when it blew
on the Great Lakes for here he could
always get a deer a bass or adore
(favorite food of his) here were suit­able
soil and dilate for his corn
beans and potatoes ·here grew the
bark for his canoe covering cedar
and all the roots necessary for its
construction and here his innate love
for the beautiful was satisfied here
too in defense of it all the Ojibwa
fought the Iroquois
The drama Hiawatha ·is not only
a thrilling and spectacular exhibition
but it is a truthful representation of
the Indian as the romantic figure
The whole ·of L011gfenows famous
legend is told necessarily omitting
of course some of the minor parts
The characters are all portrayed by
members of the Ojibwa tribe The
Indians in these roles are superior in
their simplicity and realism to train
For the past three seasons one of
the features of the North country
summer seasons has been the rend
tin of the Ojibwa Indian drama
Hiawatha presented by the Ojibwas
themselves each day at Wayzata
mug a beautiful lake some four
miles from Petoskey Quite as orig­inal
and unique in its conception set­ting
and execution as the erstwhile
famous Passion Play of Oberammer­gau
Hiawatha charms all who see it
The lake and its environments almost
seem to have been designed for the
4 PETOSKEYUTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Greater
Petoskey
AMOST CHARMING PLACE in Which to Pass the
Heated Term Season From June to October Numerous
Hotels and Boarding Houses With Ample Accommodations
and Range of Prices to Meet the Requirements of All
THE W RICE LEATHER CO
Tanners of Sole Leather
Located a few miles ffQlffi the amity
proper at Kenotic is the part of
the W W Rice Leather Company
one of the leading industeries of the
city and a plal1lt worthy 0£ note
This plant gives employ(mint to
about r60 men and their pay roll is
over $80000 yearly I
Our own citizens do not appre­ciate
the magnitude of this industry
owing probably to l1he fact that the
product of the Company has ion local
users The Company uses the hide of
4s0 cattle daily which ape made in
900 sides of hemlock sole leather The
buildings of this institution coyer
three acres of space and the e11ltire
amount of land convened ·by the score
plant houses bark tacks etc.
amounts to over thirty acres
The present Production of the
plant is nearly 8000000 pounds year­ly
and this i being increased Many
new additions are being made and
new buildings being erected to increase
the output Hides are brought t
from South America IL exile 00 India
and the Western coast of this country
and the leather is sold at the Bal­timore
and St Louis markets The
officers are Geo S Rice President
and General Manager Leon Chichi
slater Vice-president Charles A
Arduous Secretary and Treasurer
SCENE IN PETOSKEY
of ·high grade imported and domestic
cigars tobaccos and cigarettes
can be found in great abundance and
unllimited variety at the Petoskey Cigar
Co 407 Lake street The gener­al
proprietor Mr. George S Lilia
mms has been in the business foil
I have all the comforts of the summer the past 17 years Formerly he was
home while enjoying the metropolis identified with the firm of Messrs.’ C
tan service of telephone elderly light C Gath and R H Hungerford buy telegraph
Swift through tram con
sections lake steamship ·service and mg the 111terests of Mr. Hungerford
fast suburban service and finally purchasable Mf Gatchis
The amusement features ·are varied interest in the business
in and around Petoskey nine roads The Petoskey Cigar Company ha
are excellent for autom?bllmg and Outrushed under the able manage carnages
There are numerable
golf links There are theaters and mint of Mr. VIlhnms won has work picture
shows galore and the Midway end up a fine ]bomb bbl.\less m this
is a scene of activity by day and a vioil1lity He handles everything that’s
blaze of light and mirth by night good to smoke In Connection with
Yachting is a paramount sport ?urging has jobbing trade he has a ret ail] dither
resort season culmmatmg m the apartment and it can be Slid without
excltmg power bunt regatta each sea a grain of flattery that net is one of
son he social Ian of the clubs and the hal1dsome1st cigar sores in
the ?g hotels With their regular Northern Mohegan In connection
hops and concerts adds to the many just in the rear of the retail depart atman
pleasures of Petoskey and merit is a lie equipped billiard and
makes It the most talked about resort pool room with a battery u! tables
of the North Michigan country second to none in the city Mr. AI
C Lovelace is in charge Of the rebill
end of the firm The firm carries a
large line of pipes and smokers ma­ter
ails
PETOSKEY CIGAR CO
Lovers of high glide smoking rna­teria
Is are the S1ame the word over
and in Petoskey they are no except·
tin too this rule Everything that
pleas to the gentleman in the way
she has been known as the gem of
the North Michigan resorts Petos­key
is the natural distributing point
for the entire resort region Fully a
hundred thousand tourists each year
pay visits here more or less extend­ed
from all parts· ·of the United States
From here the swift and expedition
suburban service plies every twenty
minutes to resorts north east south
and west while swift steamers make
the resorts around the bay at inter­vals
from forty to sixty minutes
Lakes and streams easily accessible
make Petoskey the natural head­quarters
of the sportsman angler
and the summer tourist and pleasure
seeker within a few minutes ride
is Crooked Lake the home of the
bass the pike and the muskellunge
Walloon Lake whose deep shaded in­lets
and swift running tributaries are
stocked with fish of the choicest
variety Douglass Lake a beautiful
sheet of inland water is delightful for
bathing as well as for fishing These
lakes and others but little less famous
for fishermen together with the nu­merous
trout streams make the Pe­toskey
region a veritable sportsman’s
paradise
Petoskey’s hotels have a country­wide
reputation No city in the State
regardless of size can boast of finer
hot ds Several ·of the leading hotels
of Petoskey cater to the resort trade
exclusively At Petoskey one may
Natures hand has been extremely
kind in the dispensation of the beau­ties
of land and water and wood and
hill in the natural embellishments of
Petoskey the Queen City of the
North It is the logical center of
the Northern Michigan resorts and
is a charming rnodern city of 8000
inhabitants cosmopolitan in the ex­treme
It is situated on a terraced
hillside overlooking Little Traverse
Bay beyond which rolls the broad
expanse of Lake Michigan in all her
majesty Its site affords one of the I
most magnificent and picturesque
views ·obtainable I throughout the
famous Northland lake region The
climate at Petoskey during the sum­mer
months is ideal The atmosphere
is· uniformly cool and bracing It is
Natures own rest cure
Petoskey was founded ire 1874 and
named in honor Ignatius Bedosega
one of the early Indian converts and
at the time of Pierre Charlevoix’s
visit Bedosega was the chief of a
large and powerful band of Chippewa’s
Remnants of this powerful
old tribe are still scattered in the lake
settlements as far north as the Straits
of Mackinaw One authority main­tains
that his original name was
Petosega meaning the rising sun
and relates that the famous old chief
took Up his abode near the present
site of Harbor Springs from where
after many years by reason of re­ligious
difficulties between himself
and the Catholic priests to whose
will and domination he refused H
3l1bmit he moved to the other side
of the bay on the grounds occupied
by the city which bears· his name
Previous to this Little Traverse Bay
had been the center of Catholic mis­sionary
operations More than 200
years ago Father Marquette was wont
to visit here with his fearless com­panions
and the Marquette trail leading
between Grand Traverse Bay and
Mackinaw Island by the way of
Charlevoix and Petoskey is still
pointed out a portion of it running
through Arlington park an interest­ing
and historical memorial of these
stirring days between the mission­aries
and the red men The first rail­road
train entered Petoskey in the
spring of 7s then a mere hamlet
Petoskey is certainly resplendent in
all her glory during the summer redo
rat season For twenty-five year6
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO III 191s s
Bay View The Chautauqua of the West One
of the Beauty Spots of the Northland
SECRETARY s0 Once
BAY VIEW ASSEMBLY
AND CAMP CROUND
ASSOCIATION
neural terraces at the head of the Bay
1S one of the most beautiful in all
thins famous region Most of the cot­tages
and both of the hotels com­mand
a view of the Bay and of Lake
Michigan in the distance Fathom thins
point the sun sets over 1Jhewater and
Bay View \Sunsets are as gorgeous
as any in the wide world It is not
an uncommon thing to overhear the
regular globe trotter comparing the
sunsets of Bay View writhe those of
Italy France California and other
world-famous points and always giv­ing
the preference to Bay View
Bay View is owned by an associa­tion
composed of its own· cottage
o\Viner’s and it thereby keeps control
of 1ts own ample grounds It has its
own electric light Walter ·and sewer
systems Its total indebtedness ns
only about $8000 and this is being
reduced each yeast It has always
maintained until within the last two
years one of the finest Assembly
Courses and Summer Universities’ in
the land Two years ago this work
was most inexcessably dropped We
are happy however to be able to
state that it will be taken up again
next year and with better financial
backing than ever before we shall
undroubtedly see a bigger and otter
Assembly and University
It is also a great pleasure to be
able to state that Bay View is to
have several other much needed and
Long waited for improvements These
Improvements are in the Jinee of roec­reatlonls
for young and old At a re­cent
meeting of the Board of Trus­tees
Mr. J ohm M Hall generously
offered to build and donate to the
association a swimming pool and
bowl mg alley the proceeds to be
used for the building of a limy and
museum The offset was promptly accepted
·d and Mr. Hall hopes ·or have
both buildnl1gs ready for use during
the season of 1909 In addition to
this the Board has ordered a dock
100 fed in Joint to be built at right t
angles 10 the present heat dock the
purpose of which is to provide a habit
for launches and row boats 01
other small craft wlhrieh heretofore
has had no shelter This is in Dine
with the purpose to maiden Larger use
of the beautiful Bay which lies at the
foot of the Bay View terraces Be­sides
the foregoing improvements
which would seem to be fairy ample
off one years work the Board halo
ordered and the work is now being
done an ample ball ground which wil1
provide for the lovers of the Natioln­301
game And besides alit this there
will be built for 1909 two more tenn1s
courts marking five public courts if
3011
flue foregoing may be called public
improvemetllts but scarcely less s00
are the additions which are already
under way at both hot ds Bay View
the Beautiful is bound to boom Let
he boom
DOCK AT
BAY VIEW
BAY VIEW MICH
A few words about Bay View by C
W Fallers Trustee
Adjnnling Petoskey toward the
head ·of Little Traverse Bay lies Bay
View This is the parent of all the
summer resorts of Northern Michi­gan
It contains about 4s0 summer
homes and during vie height of the
season has a population of Several
thousand Its location upon the an
Irish the latter looking after the
culinary and service !apartments
and the for met attending to the
rooming of guests Due house will
continue to be raja popular rates
and it will be the an 0 the manage­ment
to give the best possible iron
cue nan every department
Write early for rates and reservations
BAY
VIEW
HOUSE
first fit(job to be used for a restaUofoant
and the upper floors for guest rooms
Seemly of the new rooms wan be pro­vided
with private births and all will
be fitted up in keeping with the deem
ands of the summer resort trade
The new restaurant will be more
them dOl1ble the old One in size
seating one hundred guests Ice
cream and candy will be served as
heretofore also the hiked goods for
which this restaurallt has always hen
famous· and some new lines of deE­catessen
will be ·added
The h9tel will be in charge of Mr.
Geo W Childs Jar and Mr. E L
under one management During this
time it has been frequently enlarged
and improved Thus year it will be
fl1rtthrer enlarged by the construction·
of a new three story building 40 by
pop feet on the Southwest front the
faces he bag and to the South Ivo’s
out on the Assembly Campus Ever)
effort us made for ·the comfort of the
guests type rooms Bering well arranged
to catch the lake breezes and the
beds of a character too assure a good
nights0 rest
The main d·inillg room ·sootillig 2s0
guests has a beautiful outlook on the
bay The cuisine is unsurpassed no
pains being spared to Insecure the be t
the market affords and to have ev­e
thing predated and service! in the
most attractive manner The sanitary
arrangements are as nearly perfect
as post bile and especial attention()n is
paid to clean lines in the nitche!1
The U S Health Bulletin for April
1908 in an article on Hotel Saintly
ion says A house that has met
with our unqualified approval is the
Bay View House Bay View Mach
We believe the effort’s shown here
to comply with the proper sanitary
and hygienic demands and t10 guard
the heath as well as provide ·for the
comfort of atlas guests deserve approbation
on
This hotel helps been for 22 years
BAY VIEIW HOUSE
To coalbin home comforts with
}jig class hotel service has been the
aim of the managpnlcnt )f tile Bay
View Blouse one of the most widely
known allied popular hotels in this\S resort
region Located only a half
block from the railway station its
wade piazzas command an unobstruct­ed
view of beautiful Hue Traverse
Bay It is only a short walk to that
dock where will be located the new
swimming pool and bowling alleys
and it is equally convenient or thin
Auditorium and Assembly Halls
To the North and \invest the hotel
6 PETOSKEYTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
grades of china and beautiful foreign
and domestic post card3 The rea­son
that this s10re cares such a fine
End of goods is the fact that they
cater especially to the resent trade
and as ·an evidence of 3atnsfactjon
\1pon the customers part the growth
of their mai1 order trade speaks fir
itself This firm is very progressive
and make a specialty of getting out
things jU3t a little different from the
ordinary Their latest article us an
antique panel mirror with paintings
of well known subjects mounted at
the top Our side all made up in
Rose wood antique gold or other
suitable frames
On the second floor is located the
unenticing establishment which Mr.
H enema thinks is the most complete
and best equipped in this part of the
Stems and the business done in this
line speaks well for the firm They
carry ·on hand from sleve·ntyfive to
Ogle hundred caskets all the It·jme
The firm is composed of C B Amos
L and Frank H Hanukah
PETOSKEY BOAT COMPANY
THE CENTRAL DRUG STORE
completed his course un the class of
r89r He re m1oVe d to tines oily al1ld
engaged in ·the practice of his pro­fession
r8 years ago where he has
built up the splendid practice which
he now enjoys He is a workman of
the very highest order and is especial­ly
skillful in all departments of his
rJractice Hundreds of satisfied pa­tients
beat testimony of his ·excel­lent
crown and bridge work plates
Ana fillings
DR J C WILDE DENTIST
Prominent in Petoskey’s profes­sional
life is Dry J C Wiled the well-known
dentist whose quarters are lo­cated
in the Condole Bldg. Howard
street Dry Wilde is a graduate from
the Ohio Gollegeof Dental Surgery
at Cincinnati at wIkh institution he
Eery community has its share of
drug suo·res but they like everything
elSie a·re etassed as bad hetter and
beslt Mr Kephart began business in
r876 and delighits the people of Pe­tos!
key nnd vicinity wUth a dorug s·er­vice
thart is superior ThLsI is Ml old
drug stand buil he has grien new life
to the busilless and put energy and
vim into it that attracts the eye ot
the paJSoserby In reSQrt 3eas·on Ithis
sto·re is the meoca of the sQda wailer
enthusiasts and as to cMldies they
caT·ry a complete sttock of Allegrettis
and H uylers Physicians recommend
Mr I{jephart and aSlsjsrtantoS as p1ne
srriptiol1iislts 00£ 1Jhe hoes1l rorder and
nobody ihns cal1Sle for cotnlplaint ns is
evidenced by thoe cOl11lsitantly uncreals­ing
tTade Me carries a Line of toil­et
articles etc thalt equals that of
mos1 large city sitores He is one
of Pet9§keyJs plomil1ient bl1siness
men·
C B HENIKA AND CO
A tore of whiClh there a·re few
eqnaJs in the country today in the
lines car·ried is the unanimol1S ver­d
ict of the resorters This store was
establushed in 187s by C B Heruika
at 436 Mlitcihell street has been very
3Uccessful and ail the present time
oocup·ies a twostory buiJding On
the firslt floor ale located the heauti­ful
lines of ant goods such as framed
and unframed pktures the higbiesl
THE PETOSKEY GROCERY CO
A promlinent and successful repre­sentatuve
of the wholesale interest3
is the PeuQlskey GroceTy Company
Dhis firm was organized in June
T900 and capitalized at $80000 It
has under the guidance of the ahle
management by de·an methods a·ne
sound busine3oS judgment builil up a
trement]ol1s busliness They a_ne dis­tributors
for Nortlhern Michigan and
a po·rtion of the Upper Pelliinsu]a and
use four traveling saleslmen to covoer
this territory
Their stock includes staple ana
fancy groceries greoClers sundries
and a mOst complete line of cigars
tolYaCoos and c·onfections Their
p·rompt ·and courteous slenniCle has
galined for them a prest!ige wilth the
retail trade of the Notith of which
any house shoul·d fed justly proud
They are exclusive di31tributlOrs for
the Sleepy Eye Milltinlg Co of
Sleepy Eye MinneSoota Dhe offi­cers
of this corpooTailuon are Jacob
Koblegalrd President A Peiler­sen
Voice President and Geo C
Danser Secretary Treas1uTer and
General Manager
October of each year the date this
year falling on September 28
Students may enter ·at any time
but are a·dvised to entelr at the be­giinning
of the term
No entrance examinat!ion
You take what you need and ad­vance
as TapidOy as you can do the
work thoroughly
When }IOu learn it at tohe Normal
it 1s so
Fior complete descniption of coureses
send for calendar Address M
O Graves IV1 A Petoskey Mich
PETOSKEY AND BAY SHORE
GAS CO
No modelrn city is complete in thus
day and age without a gas· pilant The
personal comfort and convenience in
lighting the home and the business
house is best realized by the use of
gas Petoskey is favored in thus re­spect
for the Petoskey and Bay Shore
Gas Company have one of the finest
small town plants in this city to be
found anywhere in the country Their
plant is located at the foot of Wach­tel
street and is modern in ev·ery re­spect
It has a oapacity of IOOooO
cubic feet of illuminating and cooking
gas per day The company has a
down town office at 3r6 Petos·key
street with Norman W nWells the
local manager in charge The com­pany
carry a co·tnlplete line 00£ gas
ranges including the £lamous Detwit
Jewel Ideal and Chicago Jewe!
which they are selHng at a very close
figure Dhey also s·ell genuine gas
coke fOT the stoVe and furnace
is probably the mlost popuJIar type of (hucago gentleman wh·o has a sum­motor
boat on the market today It mer home at Wequetonsing Mich
is built higher has more beam heav won the silver cup in the Little Trav­ier
frames and planking than the reg erse Hay Motor boat regatta recent­ular
racing shell yet it has about the Iy This firm builds a type ·of fam­same
speed lines and with good pow ily launch which is of exceptionally
er is an ideal boat for pleasure and fine modell suitable for small parties
recre·ati·on The construction of this It is very staunch and safe and is an
boat is of the very highest order It excellent sea boat and will accommo­is
built of the best material S obtan date eight fo ten persoons Tht ro\\
able and its furnishings and trim boat launches built by this company
mings ar·e beautriful as well 1s subn have become very popular They al­stantiaU
It is built in r8 ft 22 ft and 10 manufacture yacbot tendlers oars
2s ft lengths One 00£ the semispeed canoe paddles and carry a full line ·of
boats built by thlis company for a trimmings and supplies
ness mebhods Telegraphy Civil Ser­vHce
Electricity PhYsical Culture Or­atory
etc Over rooo sltudents have
been gradua1ed from this school since
its organizatiOon in r888 The ·school
occupies fine quarters at 309 Lake
street whnch are ve·ry conveniently
arranged and are thoroughly equipped
in every respect The night school
is maintained upon the same high
grade of excellence thlJt characteriz­es
the day sessiions and pupils en­1
011 ed get the same thorou·gh instruc­
tion in aU branches A feature that
has dKlne much to popuhmze the Pe­toskey
NOTrnal and Busil1ess Gollege
throughQl1t tihe Starte ns the summel
school held here fTom July I·st tv
October Ist The first fa11 term be­gins
the Monday nearest the 1st of
PETOSKEY NORMAL AND BUSI­NESS
COLLEGE
The Petoskey NOrmal and Business
CoHege was founded in the fall ot
r888 by Prof M O Graves who is
a graduate of nhe Unnversuty of Mich­igan
This splendid educational in­stitution
now enjoys a statewide rep­utation
as a coaIege preparatory and
normal training schoo! The branc·h­es
taught at this s·chloo·l include col­lege
prepamtory English and Scien­tific
Courses Languages CoHegiate
and Normal courses ShoTthand and
TYJpewriting Commercial and Busi
A manufiacturing concern that !has
attracted considerable atbention in
this part of the State i3 the Petoskey
Boat Company builders of high grade
semispeed motor boats and power
launches Their extemive £lactory
and display and saleslroom are locat­ed
on the east sude of the Union dock
This firm is doing a big business
having filled hundreds of orders for
summer tourists who have summer
homes throughout Northern Michi­gan
They also ship their products
to all parts of the cOountry
Their new mod·el semispeed boat
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO III 191s 7
McCUNE AND SMITH
Insurance Real EstaUe Mortgages
Loans Estates
Twenty yeafls ago la3lt May Mr
\1 J McCune of thds city p·laced a
smal! table in (me corner of Dat and
Darts law office and began writing
insurance Because of physical limi­tations
the result of years of seve·re
invalid1slffi ·he plomi·ed himse1f nOot
to wOork at thils business mlore than
ollehalf of eaclhday With JjUle ex­ception
he has adhered to this rule
But w!hile he worked Ihe worked and
the business grew oand aOontinued to
grow After about seven years the
real etate end of the business had
sO developed that the aombined bUlsi­ness
was toO much for him to man­age
He took into partnerslhip Mr
Chillion L Smith who has eveT since
prineipally managed that department
of the business Five years late·r Mr
Wm G McCune iOn of bne seniior
member who had s!erVled am appren­tices
hip in his narther office and was
a recent graduate £rom the law
school of Michigan U niversnty was
accepted into the fi·rm HiS speeial­ty
has been insurance lin dt ·va·fiol1s
ramifications Of Iate yealrs the busi­ness
has devel\ope·drapjdly It flOW
r·eaches out into a terrailory a hundred
miles nOflth and south of Petos­key
and i known liS one of the lead­ing
insurance offices of Northern
Michigan This firm l1epl1csents a
13Jrge number of 1!he great ·insurance
companues of Ithe wor·ld The aggre­gate
assets Otf these companies wou]d
reach over 12s000000 of doUar
The great variety of insuraruce wlit­ten
in this office is surprisling It
embraces life fire marine tornado
general accident and sicknesssteam
boiler burglary employe·ps liability
elevator plate glas launch automO­biles
stock line poEcies etc e\c In
all the years of this firms busi1less
not an insuTance C1laim hias been dd­puted
MICHIQAN STATE TELE­PHONE
CO
Duping the last dozen years nele­phone
competition has thad a fairly
tholough tnial in the Unuted ·States
Literally thousands of competing
companies were fonmed to compete
with the Bell System Nortwithstand·
ing this competition the Bell System
has emerged from the first stage of
telephOne competition wivh a comn
preJhemive lind unified telephone S)Is­tem
which is vhe envy of eVlery civil­ized
natian The BellSystem in t1te
United St1ates is acnnowledged Jo be
uhe ffilQlSt universal and effidentsystem
in the world and notwitlhstamd­ing
the prOtestJs of the telephone pro­moter
is conervatively capitalized
and earnJing only a reaslonablere­turn
on that cllpitalization 1he sys­tem
as ·it svands coveling practically
every city arud village in the United
States embraces in round figul1es
4000000 subscribers Froom vhe best
figures ohtannable the combifled lists
of all the competitors of the BeH
System approximate a scanlt 2000000
subscdbers The natiQ is ahol1t 2 to I
Michigan i typical of the country
This Company connects all Darbs of
the State of Michigan in both Pemn­sub
s is conservatively calpita\oized
has about twice as mJany subscribern
connected t·o it s)IStem as all oom­peting
complanies in vhe State put
together and is charging such mtes
that its profits al1e if anything he­low
rather than ahove a reasonable
percontage
The BeH Company has been very
progre·ssive in orthern Michigan in
the way of development the Petos­key
exchange having started in 1883
with a few ubsNibers Ihas at the
present time 6s0 and the sUflnoundnng
territory has grown in compaJrislOn
Harbor Spnil1gs has 200 suhscribens
Cheboygan has 600 BOyne Falls 60
LeVering 12s Boyne City 400 East
}oldan 300 and Cha1leVlonxn s00 Thi3
service enables the residents of Pe­toskey
to reach pmctically everyone
in rthe surroul1Iding territory The
Bell Company in Michigan has
doubled the numher of suhslcribeps
and the wire plant lin 4 years They
haye over I40OOO subscrihers in the
Sitate 439 enchanges and 72s toll
stIJMOnS
Mr C E Wilde of Grand Rapids
is the division manager anid was a
number of years ago in charge of
the Petoskey offiae Mr J M Clif­ford
the district manager whO is a
very efficient man for uhiil poslition
has heen in the telephone busillless
for 20 years and has Wlorked in every
branch of the toelep1hone busineSos He
came here from Kallalmazoo in 1900
to take charge of the local Office and
his recold speaks for it ste1 f Mr
Clifford is a firm believer in the
Companys declaration ie to in­vestigate
!emedy and adjust fairly
each complaint £rom our subscribers
whether it reltabes to our service or
to our methQdn TlJjjs is our pOIIicy
and to carry h out we need amd oask
your cooperation
The Petoskey office of the Michi­gan
State Telephone Company has a
monthly pay roll of $630 and em
ploys fifteen people
PETOSKEY IRON WORKS
1he Petoskey reVersible sasoline
engineis manufadt1l1ed by the Petos­key
hon WOTks haVe attraoted much
attention throughout th·is Isecrtion of
the country by reason of their super­iority
in many respects oveT nhe mla­jOlri
ty of engines of this class They
are the resuh of years of experiment
coupled with practical experi­ence
They are simple in design and
constructed as light as is consistent
wjth strength and durability All of
the materials employe·d in the·ir
manufacture aTe the beSit that maney
can buy The cylinder and head lire
cast in one piece thoroughly watet
jacketed No packing is used Ev­erything
that is essential is provided
but all uuneessary parvs in theil
manufacture are eliminated The
speed is contro\led by simply ad­valflcing
or retardUng the park while
the engine is· running The engine
is reversible and wiN run in either
direction forward Or hack One at­tractive
feature of the Petoskey en­gine
s ns the fact that they do not
AT
EMMET
BEACH
pave to he crnnked OT turned over
the center Swmg Wheel forward and
back a qual1ter turn rthen back it up
on compressian and the engine will
start every time if you have gao­line
and a spark The Petoskey En­gine
runiS from IV va 10 H Pin
sizes Larger sizes built vo order
The Petoskey Iron WorkIs 1s own­ed
by Mr Philip MiddJeditch wlhQ
has been in busliness upwal1ds of 23
years In addition to building galso­line
engines he C011ldllcrtS a general
machine shop for all daS/se s of job
wOTk and forging castungs etc Ex­pert
automobile repairing a slj)ecialty
8 PETOSKEY((THE GEM OF THE RESORTS
THE NEW CENTRAL
A popular hotell with the travelling
pubIJioc at Petoskey is Dhe New Ce11
tral situated at 316318 Lake street
It is centrally located wiJ1llIJin easy
access of the railroad depots and the
steamboat wharf and is right in the
heart of the business section of the
city Commencing May 1 the pro­prietor
will he G C Parkis who is
well known and popular with the
commeroial men and his house is
equipped with every modern conven­ience
for their comfort The rooms
are Light a·iry and well furnished and
the table s·ervice ranks favonaJbly in
comparis·on with JTIany hotels whose
rates are douMe that of The New
Centml Large sampIe rooms at the
disposal of ·guests
four years since Mr Foley hasl owned
the estab1ishment He has a special
departrnent for amateur work and has
a large list of patrons in all parts of
the United States who avail th·em­selves
of the particular advantages
affordie d Most of these people spend
their summers at Petoskey and have
had an opportun1ty of acquainting
themselves with Mr FoJeys· ability
in handling this class of work The
Foley Studio is equipped witlh one ot
the largest and best lighted opemtnng
moms in Northern Michigan It is
weJI adapted for taking group pic­tures
and it is needless to say that
MrFoley does much of this class
of work The Foley Stu·dio is located
at 319n Lake street in the Goodrich
and Oven block
THE PETRIE HOUSE joying the delightful breezes which
One of the centrally located and sweep in from Lake Michigan with
cool nights for slleep The main ·din­pleasantly
appointed homes for sum ing rOOim aJt The Petrie accommo
mer tourists at Petoskey is The Petrie dates about 80 guests and the man­House
right in the heart of theagement is prepare·d at all times to
downtown district at the corner of serve meals to guests· who have apart­Petoskey
and MitcheN streets The ments at other houses The rates at
Petrie is indeed an adeal home for The Petrie ar·e reasonable and within
resoiters Guests lt this· popular the reach of all ROOm and board
hosteky enj·oy a twofold advantage can be secured from $7s0 to $1200
over inducements offered at sOme of per we·ek So popular is this hotel
the other h·otds Being uptown the with its guests that maJny have stop­guests
are dose to the bus1ness sec ped there for twenty consecutive sea­tion
convenient to the railroad sta sons The Petrie opens during the
tionsand the steamboat wharf and at summer ·reSOlt season onily Mr F
tlie same time The Petcle as but a J Densmore manalger aud 1tns ad­sihoM
distann from the !bay thus en drelSIS ns Petoskey MnCJhjgan
Boost £01 Greater Petoseky
Every booster is a membeT of the
1s000 Club
FineSit climate in the WlQ·r1d
If you come once YouH ·come
again
portrait work in pITat·inum effects and Great railroads and srte·amship lin·es
s·epias There is characner to the pic Suburban trains anod feny lines to
tures made at thls studIO whiCh per
haps explains why its patronage has surroundmg resorts
steadily increased luri l1g the past I Boost Boost Boost
FOLEYS ART PHOTO STUDIO
Summer tonrnsts as well as the resd­denlts
of Petoskey are !ibera1 in their
pranlse ·of tihe sple11Jddd work turned
out at Foleys Art Photo Studio Ml
Foley makes a specialty of high grade
Their patronage comes from a wide
area of surrounding territory the
firm believing that a pleased cus­tomer
ns the be·st advertisement and
have used their best endeavors not
only to please patrons but to give
the best possible value for the rpon­ey
expended
A complete line of heavy and shelf
hardware is carried in stock together
with a complete line of Garland and
Laurel stove·s and ranges furnaces
guns ammunition and fishing tackle
Steam and hot water heating plants
are installed and all kinds of plumb­ing
etc done The store is located
at 316 Mitchell street with ample
storage room for 1he stock carried
Both members of the firm are very
enterprising and public spirited and
have done a great deal for the citys
welfare
FOCHTMANS DEPARTMENT cabs lamps china glaJssware ·and
STORE crockery AlsO a dnsplay of a large
A mercamtille estabtishment of assortment of waJll paper droperies
which the citizens of Penoskey have carpets and rugJS maulJings ·and Iinoleums
Tlte third floor is given up
OCCaJSlOn to fee! jUistly pDoud is to stoves furniture and other articJes
Foohtmans big departmeDlt sltolre op toO numewus· to menrt·iOn flor furnish­posite
the Postoffice on Mitchell lng the home The store istohoroUigh­str
·eet Few eoities of fhe ·size of Pe ly uptodarte in every particular and
noskey throughout the country are ns equjpped with a modern paS6ernger
favored with su·ch a complete and electIiic eleViator and am eJoectric cable
thorough!y apnoun1ed deipartmeJDt casih carTier system of the very batest
ntore It was thilTty years agJO wnen design
tIle present PetDoskey was· nothmg B f h
but a vaslt wilderness a hamlet num y means 0 tlS sysltem lt IS pos­bering
ahout 200 and widely scattelr snble to brmg all ·sales to oDIe centraJ
ed that Ad Fochtman came here office no matter whether )our pur­hom
St Mary·s Pa and !Iai·d the chase was madn on uhe firsrt se·cond
foundatoion of the present splendid tnurdk fl·oor or nn basnment the ·salt
establishnient For thirty years this Ifi en loes no the mham one td1 the
firm has rorged ahead overcomnng rs· 001 ac w ere s u any
b t I ff · d mistake Occur It IS an easy matter to
many 0 s· ac es 0 ercrng goo mer tf h h ld b d h
chand··Ise va1ues wh10h cIoupde WlnU fruelcl I yb 11thWis 1f0irn1wou· e one 0 eercourrteous
treaJtment of the pubhc y y
has sllowJy but sure1y b uti It up the In conc1usolOn lt can be SQlld of
pretenTious and soU ccess£u1 bUSlineslS nochtman s Depantment ntDore e·sp·e­n
nhjch this store now eonjo)s It cnal1y Ill the menS clOthmg and la­is
todny the largest and mOst pOpu· dlles readyntOwear cLepartments that
lar retail esJ1abJoishment in thuls ruorth fashlion re1gns supreme rar these
ern country stcks aTe ·esnecially seaected wirth
thiS POlIDt In view by MT Fochtman
FOClhtmln IS department s1ore is from the Iooding ci1ies of the United
headquarters fOil everything in the States
rea1m of human needs This sltore
ha11Jdles all things fTOlll g1Ocenies and
bazlaar goods tlo Cl!rpets fUrnnrture BUMP AND McCABE
and houlse furnn·shings The Focht Who Sell Hardware Petoskey Mich
man Department Store is a splendid
three story brick double store build This enterprising establishmentwas
ing with a basement undler all The started in 1888 Mr S S Bump
basement is dev01ed to the Lisplay came into the firm in 18g2 and in
of bazaar goods spoken Of SO much 1902 Mr Geo W McCabe was taken
in connection with this store as into partnership This store is one
basement bargainlS The firs1 floors of Petoskeys most substantial bUS1­are
utiJoized for the grocery dOithing
shOie and dry goods departments ness houses and is in fact a 11ardwith
commodnous offices· lin the rear ware emporium where every article
The second fluor is devoted tIo laodaes under the general term of hardware
readytowear suits· babies wearing may be found Its aJppoilltme11Jts and
apparel furs tlrullks suit cI!ses and furnishings are the envy of many a
travdHng bags gocarts a11Jd baby ha·rdwaTe dealar who visnts the·re
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GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO inn191s 9
He takes an active jntereslt in all
matters pertaining to the publIic
good and has the oonfidence of rthe
entnre community
He has been entmsued wcith the de­tail1s
of bringiing to a successful term­ination
various public enterprises and
no suspiciol1 has ever rested on his
honor or integrity
DR G W NIHART
Prominent in the social and pro­fessional
life in the city of Petoskey
is Dr G W Nihart physician and
surgeon whose offices are located in
the comfortable suite at 3190 Lake
street Dr Nihart came to this city
10 years ago from Parkville and
Mendon St }Oe county Mich
whelfe he had prewously practi\ced
for 19 years He is a graduate of the
Rush Medical College at Chicago
At one time Dr Nihart held a chair
of classlics and literature in a college
in Indiana Since his residence in
Petoskey the doctor has built up a
large and lucrative practice and
stands well in the community social­ly
and in a business way
The rooms ane lighrt airy welq fur­n
ished and the cuisine irreprnachablle
in ·s·ubstal1Jce and seTvice The house
is managed by Mr A S Moyer aud
daughlter and the busaness and repu­tation
speak well for their able
management The Moyer is located
at 410 Emmet Street just off Mitch­ell
within easy access to bOoth raUl­r
oad staJtiou3J aJnd steamboalt dock
The rates are from $8 to $12 per
week a·ccorddng to qO·catiIon of room
etc
faot thaJt they have a number of pe­sorters
who h1aVe cQlme baok eaclh
se·as·on to sitay with them for the
past lJ1ine years and also the fact
that they turn away from ten to
twentyfive guests per day during
the season SO it is adV1sable rto make
arrangements1 ahead The Ihouse has
a caJPaCity of fifty guests md in the
dinang room they handle from one
hundred to a hUlldre·d and twentyfive
at each meal many people rooming
in nearby cottages and ·boardting here
EDWARD E GILBERT LAWYER
EdwaJrd E Gilbert WaJS born in
Kalamazoo county July 2s 1867
When a mere I·ad he moned wiuh his
J)aJflents t() northern Mi·chigan· and
settled on a piece of newland whnch
was cleared up by hand In 1882 he
moved wcith hQs pareruts to Busmarck
N D but the boy not finding tihe
weSJt to hus likdng return·e·d oI!lone in
1884 to Manton Mkh Here he
pulp fOlrffied i11Jto a sheet wGlilch is worked 011 a farm in summeof and in
dried over revolVing roBs that are the lumber CaJmps ion willlter until he
heated· after wohich it is finished by had saved enough money to p·ay his
beilJ1g pressed between Iheavy steel expenses at the Fennis Institute Bag
rolls or calender·s as they are called Rapids from which anSJtitutJioIIJ he
and rolled off into reelJs that will gmduated in 1890 It was while at
weigh from two t·o three tlrouSJand· this school that Plrof W N Ferris
pounds each Thence bhe paper is awakened in Mr Gilbert a peal in­cut
into s·heets or small cutter rolls terest crn men and affairs and crn­wrapped
and SJhipped rto the cuStom tensified his 3JIDbition to make the
er Truly it us wonderful itJo I[ealize most of !himself For the next five
that the wrapping paper of the bun yealS he taught s01100 I with ahility
die is [Ieally notrung but a I1trtlIe hit and siuccess until 189s when he 00­of
forest tnaIIJs£ormed for vhe service tered Vhe law department of the Hni­of
man
verlsity of MiC!ligan aJIIJd giraduated
The Petoskey Fibr·e Paper has fl10m that anstatution ·in 1898 and in
brought new men ami many here the £I!lI of that year entered upon the
and has ihelped in every way an the practice of his chooen profession in
upbuilding ()If Petoskey So Id Re the city of Petoskey Dwring the
toskey do her utmost in every pos past ten years in has quiet waYJ and
siMe way to help itJhe Petaskey Fibre by his care and painstaking attention
Paper CompaJny to grow ana uoncrel!se to detaHs Mr Gilbe·rt ihaJs sllcceeded
for in SIO doing she is hriugiing llast in building up a praotice that will re­ing
bene·fit to hensleJf aJS a town and wa·rd him for his yeaps spent in s1udy
a people andhard work
D C OSBORNE
The subject of this sketch has been
engaged in the flour feed and pro­duce
business in Petoskey for 2S
years and is located in fine quarters
on Michigan street and G R and 1
crossing He dea1s in all kUoos of
flour and feed produce seeds stock
and poultry foods fertilizer building
materials cement fire blick etc He
makes a specialty 0£ flour whioh he
handles in car Iots hQs leader being
the famous Gold Rrm brand which
is made at Davenpart Iowa Mr Os­borne
enjoys a splendid trade built
up by years of strict atteil60n to
buscrness and fair and equatable treat­ment
to his patrons
THE MOYER
The Leading Boarding House 0£ the
Resort RegiOn
Thie House of Moyer as thds popu­lar
place is known amOng il1s guests
is more like a largie houlSe party in
resort season rthan 13 boorddng house
Theres a feeling among the guests
that [ts· jusl1 1ine home and every
one upOn leaving says We11 IJJ be
back next ·season The best adner­tisement
that this place has is the
PETOSKEY FIBRE PAPER CO
The Petoskey Fibre Paper Com·
pany situated on Bear Raver in the
city of Petoskey and only a nhort
distance £rom the Bay is {me of the
largest and the most iJmpOIrtJant from
a wage snndpOlil1t of the induSJtofiaJ
oncerns in Northern Michigan
Organized in 1901 oit is bUI1 sev·en
yeals old but in thlat short time its
paper has achieved a great reputatJiol1
for sltrength and other qual1JtJies in
the pf1incipal industrial centers of the
collnltry
A city is deVleloped by nhe bring­ing
in of money from ·outslde s!ourc­es
This is accompJislhed pnimacily
thloUgh manufactuning enterprises
and hence this is the reason why if
a city wants to gr·ow it should and
must foster manufacturing
Few rearize tjhe ma!grtil1ulde of tihe
Petoskey Fdble Paper Gompany hut
aU share in the benefits derived there­from
It employs largely trained
high glade men eamnng splendid
wages Its pay 1011 alone amounts
to $s00000 per month or $6000000
per year which does not ·nndude slaJi­ar
ie·s In wages raw materials Eke
wood \ime etc it pUitS ddrectly initio
the pockets of tihe people of Peroskey
over $12s00000 annually and nealfly
as much more indirectly or a total
of a quarter of a millIion dollars each
veta!r which this mill is wiOr1th to the
People of Retoskey
The mill rUins both niglhl1 and day
whjoJe mOSlt plants run ooly in the
daytime It makes over twenty tons
of finished paper cdaily This would
make a sheet of paper mne feet wide
that would srtf1etch from Petoskey ta
Cadillac anld in two days ·reach GraJnd
Rapids
AU o·f the paper is made from hemn
lock wood· and thi comels from the
neighborhood of Petoskey SO that
mot of rthe money paid for ilt c·ome·s
before long back to fiill the pockets
aJnd gladden the hearts of Petoskey
peopIe
The wood is barknd CUlt up into
small chips and then cooked to a pulp
by being treated in huge steel di­gesters
with o·ulphufoOus acid llTIade
by running the fumes of sulplhur
burned in srted retorts through Iime
water Tlhe oaction of the acid and
the oooking reduces the wood to par­tides
of fihre SO fine that they look
lJike threads of silk Thus is the pulp
which is llIsed to make the paper The
pulp is put into gpeat beaitJers where
the alum and mher ingredients that
go into the composition of praper are
mingled If the paJper is to be 00101­ed
tihe colooning is done hele Then
after being Scpeened and going
th1rough several other p·rocesses the
pulp in wal1ery solution passes into
the immeTIlse paper machine Where
the water is dnained out and the
10 PETOSKEY((THE GEM OF THE RESORTS
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The First National Bank of Petos­key
enjoYs bhe repultation of being
the oldest establislhed bank in Emmet
county It was organized and estab­Lished
in 1878 and from its incipiency
has done a good vo·lume of business
The capital is $10000000 and it shows
aguarantee fund £or depositors of
$22460437 The savings department
solicits accounts upon which is paid
three per cent per annum Certill­cates
of dcposit are also issued which
dra\v interest at three per cent The
commercial department is conduct!
on the most approve·d basis consistent
with good safe banking The First
National bank is equipped with the
Fulton ·sltrleetsnand also cut largoe
long and heavy tlimbers £01 their
shipping trade vogether with millions
of fcet of lumber! fOr dtifferent pur­pos
es At the planing mill one of
the strongest lines is Hardwood
Flooring which is put up in the best
poslsible finish beling kiln dried hol­low
hacked ends matched bored for
nuHs and steel polisihed This pro­duot
goes to every corner of the
United Staves Here also aTe manu­facture
·d Store Frlonus Wandows
Doors Frames Colulmns fine inter­ior
finislh beslidelS dloing la volume of
car work in translit The officerS are
VI/ L McManus Jr Preslid·ent and
Treasurer G B McManus Vioe
Preside11lt M C McManus Secre­ta
·ry
mOist modernsafeguands in the way
of uptodate safety deposlit Vaults for
the storage of Securities wms Leas­es
Deeds Insurance Polkies Silver­ware
and other valuables Following
are the officers and directors Presi­dent
William L Cmtis Vice Presi­dent
Ohalmers Curtils Vice Presi­dent
Christopher F Hankey Cashier
Heber W CUlrti!s Assistant Cashier
VV B Lawton
W L McMANUS LUMBER CO
Pwminent among Ithe firms whtioh
have Cionducted extensie lambering
operwlions in this section of the
State is the W L McManus Lumber
Company Inc This cOmpany was
eSiua·biJished in 1876 and tincorp·orated
in 1904 Tlhey manufacture and art
wholelsale and netail ·dealers in all
grades of lumber and fine pl3!ning
mill work They conduct camps in
severail localities Thelir plants ane
modds of efficiency being equipp·ed
with uptotheminute malchinery for
the variouls work manufactnred
At their large bandsawmiJl Siutuat­ed
in the western punt of t1he city
they saw the lumber for t!he planing
mill whaoh is located on Emmet and
NEW ERA LAUNDRY
A M ·Watmer· proppietor of the
N·ew Ela Petoskeys finest and heist
equipped laundry has been in the
laundry business fo·r the past 1s years
_ and certainly knows all bmnches of
the work perfectly He started with
a hand machnne at Cale·donia Kent
Co near Grand Rapids and learned
the wOrk by hard knocks and act­ual
experience Fourteen yelars ago
he left Caledonia to embark in the
same business on Ma·ckinaw IsJand
where he remained for 8 seasons
coming to Petoskey 9 years ago and
has been here ever slince His splen­did
plant at the foot of State street
has won the distinction of beling not
only the leading laundry of Petnskey
but t·he finest plant of its kind in
Northern Michigan It tis equipped
with the latest and mOst approved
machinery in every department Pow­er
washerS mang}es wringens COnal
and shirt machines and commodious
steam dry room The quality of work
turned out ·at the New Era under the
expenience·d supervision of Mr Wit·
mer has won him many compliments
from the tourists vvho summer here­and
no people on earth are mnre
critical in their approval of laundry
work than summer resorters from the
big cities
H M COLLIllS JEWELER
Mr Collins Slometime ago pur­chals
ed the jewelry 61tme of W H
Seiberit locate·d at 30s Howalfd street
and replenis1hed the stOck so Dhat thns
store at the present time is Ithe equal
in stock and aSSOftment calfied of
any in Northern MichigJan This
store has been establislhed 14 years
and makes a Ispeciality Of ihigh grade
goods fully guaranteed by tlhe ma11luhcturers
Mr CoUins believes lin
making a rlegular patron of every
customer alnd ·his ·motto is not to just
make one sale but 10 make many
to the Slame slati·sfied customens al1ld
in that manner he inltenrJs building
up his tl1ade_ He handles the famous
Community si!lver guaralnteed £01
2s years fnr ofdimary family use and
alSo other Eood lines of merdhandise
He makes a specialty of manufiactur­ing
r·epaiping und finle engnaving
A]slo furn ishing spedlal des igns of
your slC1cetion to he manufactured
and bhis is the agency for Peedesis
Patent book form calling cardls
olf their il1ona·sseslsJabJe sljjock at par
which is $2s ·and upon which divi­denidis
are paid quartedy The rate
for phoU1les is $12 for Ireslideil1ce and
$24 for bus·iness The Swaverly Tele­p
hone Compoanys lines connect With
all independent lines in Michigan
whilch ena hIes the[r subscnibels to
talk with the 70000 Subscribers in
the State
THE CITIZENS MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
The Citizens Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Petoskey was established
in the spfing of 1896 Since its or­ganization
it has flounished and no
ranks among the strong Imutual com­panies
of the Sta te of Michigan It
was never in a sounder financial 0011­dit
ion than it is today It inviten
honest intellngent criticism and has
no part of its recond which nt wishes
to cover up Learn the facts write
to the office or better still ca1ll when
bus1ness payes the way
It affords its membe·rs a positive
safeguard against losses at fhe lowe·st
possible rate ·of premium Average
annual assessment for 12 years $2870
on $1000 of broad reliable [nsurance
Ci Gzens of Emmet and surlOundirig
counties serve their best interelsvS! by
taking a polilcy with the Citizeps
Mutual and have the advantage of
being ansured at home and at cost
PremtucrIlis paid once requare no re­newal
paylments No salaries to hon­oraryofficens
No dividendsl to stock­ho
Jders No trulsting a company
over the h111s and far away Just
broad riberal sure insurance which
you and your worthy neighbors pro­v
ide for yourselves No advancing
two prices to oUitstiders whom you
trust years ahead and whose na��rrow
conditions are made to make money
for themselvesat yoUir expense
The officers and board of directoro
of the Citizens Mutual Fiore Insur­ance
company are well known in this
community and are gentlemen of high
integrnty and excellent buslinesls qmLI­ificadons
and the officers aTe Presi
dent and TreaSurer J H Atkin Vice
President George Long arid Secre­tary
H H Goodwin This company
is under the supervisli·on of the Com­missioner
of Insurance for Michigan
SWAVERLYTELEPHONE CO
A Campany ·that desires ta give
the best possiJjle serVliee is about the
bes·t deseription thalt can be given to
this hnstli11lgindependlent COlmp3ny
It is made up el1Itirely of local peo­p
le and thenefore will serve the home
iaterests best This eonONn has
about 400 tdephlones nn actual use
anc! new one·s are being installed
dai1y The gnowlt h of this C01TIlpany
under ilts able manlagoement hl!S been
wonderful Ilnd they contemQlate in­slualli11lg
a new sWiitohboarrJ in the
near future to take care of bhe mp­idly
increasing ltist of Slnbsonibers
The hiome office is in Kalkaska and
the officers are A E Palmer Presi­de
nt \V H Bockes Vice Preslide11It
Jas A Harnot Secretary and Treas­me
·r C W SWlaverly Genenal Mau­ag
er and E C BockeS Local Man­age
·r Th e Petoskey offiiue is locuted
ovcr Fallals Drug Store corner
Mntcihell and Howard ·streets The
Company offers for sale a few shares
LEVINSONS DEPARTMENT
STORE
A store of whlich Peooskey may
feel justly proud is that of Le!Vlin­sians
which occupies the entlire
bUildil1lg at 32s327 Lake streelt and
isoomplete in every dle1talil This
sltoroe was estaMished over twenty
years ago by Mr J H LeVinson
who retired from businessl and was
succeeded by his son D Oharles
Levinson ahout twelve )lealS ago
partment for men carries a stock of
the farnallS Hannan and Nettleton
sihoes As for ladies shoes Ithey
handle the Queen Qua)jty known the
world oever aS unequalled
On the ·secondi floor we find a fine
as·sortment o·f ladies eloiaks and
suits a good many 0£ Wlhieh are the
Redfern and La Vogue brands
Alslo the millinery and tmnk and
valise deparuments ·are located on
thns Hoor and hoth come up Ito the
general sltandard o·f ·excel·lenee You
\Vlill be amply repaid for your time
spent here by the saVling made on
your pl1rchases at Levinsons
The )loung man is very popular in
fhe bl1sinesls and social cirdes of thi
city and well merits the success that
he has attauned
On the firsil floor are located the
dry goods dothung land shoe depart­me
·nts In the dry gooodis line this
store is· equal to that of any other in
Northem Michigan The clothing de­parltment
known to aH alS the Home
of Hart Schaffner and Marx dothes
can equip one with a ·oomplete a11lo
uptotheminute oUltfit from ·a Stet­son
or MaJ!uil1Y ·cmvenelte hat to
anything in hosiery a11lcL the slhoe de
l
GREATER PETOSKEY1sOOO In 191sn 11
G DALE GARDNER
The Store That Keeps You Guess
ing
No resident of Petoskey enjoys a
wider acquaintance than G Dale
Gardner proprietor of the home fur­nishing
and jewelry sitore at 31s317
Mitchell street Mr Gardner has
been a reslident of this oity for 2s
yeals and enjoys a pensonal acquaint­ance
with mOSJt every resident of
Emmet county He has been in busi­nes
s for himself for the past ten
yearos and has built up a large trade
Mr Gardner has a faculty in the ad­minis
tration of his busionesS for keep­ing
pUJblic interest alive at all times
00 sudh an extent that his place of
busaness has come to be regarded as
the STore tha t keeps you guessing
He oaters extenlsiveIy10 nhouse fur­nishIngs
and has a lnrge stock from
DR R G PORTER
A gr3Jduate of the Washjngton Un­ivers
ity of St Louus and winner of
first prize for heing the belSt operaoor
at college he hnning sUtpefse·dled
many older men than himself He
has been located in Petoskey f(nr the
paM 20 year and has an enviable
reputation for good work and mod­era
te oharges He has a loarge and
constantly growing practice and in
the summer time Uses tWlO 3JSsistJants
besides an office girl and oa laboratory
man The office is locaJted at 329)1
Lake street and the doctor makes a
speciality of treatnng Pyomhea a diseas
e which is quite preViaIenrt at the
present Itime and causes loosening
and then total losls of the teeth The
docroor states that he has a remedy
for the dliseoase whanh he ilIas tried
and tested fOr the past ten years and
which he is gettnng ready to place
on the market it being the only pos­itive
C!1r·e 1snown to the derutal werId
He is assisted in his laboratory
wOlk by W J Jarman an effioient
PTosthethuc Dentist whlO has been
with the doctor for the paSJt 18 years
and is conslide·red ro be one of the
best men in his line in tihe country
Mr Jarman i an expent ·on plate
and other difficult work It wiU pay
anyone conte=plating the need of a
dentist to s·ee Dr Porter
THE HORN STUDIO
Art in photographythat qualaty of
light and shade in the portrait akin
to Hfe by means of rthe camerais
the dream and desire of the portrait
maker At the Horn Studio 30sn
Lake street Petoskey Grace Chand­ler
Horn has establtislhed a record for
true natural art in making pictures
Her work is of the very highest or­der
and has created much favorable
comment among heT many patrons
during the past season many of
whom were from the larger cities of
the United States and able judges of
good photogTaphy She purchased
the studio from E E Bowman about
one year ago which is the oldest
studio in Northnrn Michigan Her which the most critical buyer can
work embraces eve·r)Tlthing from a post make a selection He calries tents
card to a richcarbon She makes a and campers outfits conducts a de­s
pecialty of all kinds of Platinum partme·nt of upholsternng and general
work platinum water color chalk repairang an·d all kinds of cushion
dnawing etchings etc Grace Chandler
Horns pictures of children have work Stoves are stored aud repairs
awakened no little interest She loves for same can be secured upon short
children and she takes great pride notice
and interest in taking their pictuTes In his jewelry depaltment he em­Her
success is due in a measure no ploys a first class watchanaker and
the fact than heT heart al1Id soul aTe m makes a specialt of fine repairin
her p·rofesslOn She takes a personal y g
interest in her subjects and will not and engravmg He also oarfole1s a
let a photograph go out unless it in supply of ilubher tires for invalrid
penectly slatisfactory ip her judgment chaars and baby carts In faat ·his
If ·the pioture does not suh her she stock i·s· so diversified as to meet the
cheerfully makes a resitting witihout general requirements ·of the buyelS
additional cost to her patrons The of Petoskey and vicinity He em­Record
predicts a bright and Sllccess ploys a corps of abJe and courteoUS
ful futUTe for Grace Chandler Horn lissilsmants which has ·done mUlch in
in Petoskey the popularnzing of his store
LOBBY
A superb orchestra furniSJhes mu
sac for meals ·and daily concerts and
semiweekly hops are head
Dhe tables are supplied with all
fresh dairy and garden products
which are produced on large farms
which are contracted fOT their entire
supply Benries and fruits are served
the same day they are picked
The Subur·ban TerIruinal Station is
located within two munutes walk of
and during the spring the main entrance where all trains
enteItins 111any bridal are taken for the neighboring re­sorts
WequetonlSing HaJrbof Springs
Harbor Point Roaring Brook Char­levoix
Oden oand Walloon Lake with
their varied amusements golf tennis
boating and the Eke All within a
few minutes ride Histolic Mack1nac
may be reached in two hours Beav­er
Island farmer ·home ·of the Mor­mon
King Strang may be seen in
outlline from the mann entmnce and
the laroge lake steamers touch at St
J ames the Kings capital city
The rateos at the eushman are
$2s0 per day and up Special rates
by the week also rates for children
and mJalids For further inforomation
address W L McManus Jr pro­prietor
care of the Cushman Pe­tosk
ey Miclhigan
THE CUSHMAN HOUSE
One of the leading hotels of the
famous Petoskey summer resort re­gion
is the Hotel Cushman This
hote·) is open all yeail Tound tlhe an­nex
being utiljzed exclusively for sum­mer
·guesrts The Cus·hman has ac­commodation
for 3s0 guests and ihas
been taxed to its capacity for the past
34 seasons daring the Summer The
Cllshman is popular for newly wed
LADIES PARLOR
ded couples
and fall nt
parties
The Cwshman House and Annex
are recognized as the standard of ex­ce
JITence The hotel itS modern rooms
en suite Wiith pnivate baths Many
public baths Elecbric pasSenger
elevator Rinest location which is
central to all attractions A beauti­ful
park extends across the entiTe
front racing a spacious porch wlitlh
room for a thoUsand guests
The annex which is a four story
bUJilding is a modd of beauty and
safety It isa stni·otly fire proof struc­ture
being constTucted of pressed
brick and cut stone The rooms are
large and magnificently aJppointed
and cannot be sl\IrpaSsed by any ho­tel
for comfert and locadon
12 PETOSKEytlTHE GEM OF THE RESORTS
Boost for
Greater
Petoskey
c
DC
GRINNELL BROS MUSIC
HOUSE
THE FALLAS DRUG STORE
Tihat is the name of a stor·e that is
only haH drug store the other half
heing devoted to books s·tationery
The leading mllsic house in Petos­key
is owned by Grinnellil Bros and in
a hmnch of Gninne11 Hlos DeltrOlit
Michirgans leading music house Mr.
E L Johns manager of the Petos­\
ley s·tore ha·s done much to popular­nze
hishotlise with paltrons in this
vicinity The Hne comprises the
world renowned Steinway Sohmer
Grinnell Bros (own make) Wegman
Sterling Shoninger Smith ·and Barnes
and other fine pianos Pianolo pi­anos
Vocalions�� and Orchestrelles A
f\1lll line {)If Edison Phonog·raphs and
Victor Talking Machines records and
suppJies small instruments and every­thing
in the realm of music Grinnell
Bros make a specjalty of renting pi­anos
to res·orters anywhere in the re­sort
district of Northern Micihigan
The Petoskey store is ·locaJted at 434
Mitchell St
BURNETT FOUNDRY AND MA­CHINE
WORKS LTD
One of the thrifty anlsltitutions of
Petoskey is the Burnett Foundry and
Machine WorkJs Ltd Iocaied at 3Ib
State str·eet This firm conducts a
fully equipped f·oundlry and machine
shop where they do general jobbing
and repwir wo·rk and make a spelCialty
of iIon and hrass castings Among
the aortides Jisted which t·has firm
manufactures are s·awmalls sang
edgers drag sawing malohines lath
mills and bolters engine·s and boHers
shafting heavy sheet i·ron work etc
The Burnett sheet s·teel hot air fur­nace
builtby this cotlliP·any has prov­ed
a great success and provides a
satisfactory as we1Il as an economical
heating device It is buiLt in three
sizes wath fire boxes 22 in 26 in and
30 in diameters respectively It is
built to snit a high or low basement
wnd hurns either wood or coal It
can be cased in wiDth brick or port­able
with galvanized iron jacket to
suit /the customer The Burnett
COmpany also mlanufaeture 4cycilt arnangement the three par\ners owngasoI
ine et)gines forstationary or ma ed the two store·s t?gethn At the
rine work They carry a full line ot filst opportullIty which came the fol­repairs
and parts for gasOline engines 10wLng pnng the old FarnsWorth
store With btS new acceSSlOns wa!l
moved into the plesent quarte·rs ·of
the Fallas drug sItore This removal
served a douMe purpos·e in 1elieVing
t·he firm of the Farnsworth incubus
and securing one of the best loca­tions
in the oity nhe bnsinesls
doubted at once and htals dloulbled at
leaslt once slince It may be incident­ally
remarked tl1at the propTietor
would I·ike to see anOither double
However he states oemphatically that
he is not kicking as long talS he can
see a steady iillcrease )1ear bv y·eatr
The sltore iSI a large douMe store and
it is not t·oo ml\1 clh to Slay thl·t it is
cmwded to its utmOist capacity an­cluding
the wide gallery and the
basement If has become necessary
ItO r·emove all of thewall paper of
which the ·store carnies from 20000
rolls out of seas·on to 60000 willis in
sea·son to the baslement There is
not s0 heavy a stock of wall paper
carried north of Gralllid Rapids Cam­era
supplies have become a feature
o·f the store It would plObably be
a surprise to most p·eOple to be told
that the Eastman firm alone get
checklS for $200000 every year from
this store alone
The ploprietor diisclaims· all upto­date
nelss and tries to be content to
jog along in the good oM way of
giving quidproquo and! letting re­s\
Ilts take care of themslelves and
him
He organized and managed the Pe7 wall paper camera goods art sup­
toskey Cooperative Bnrial ASiSocia plie1s and a lot of kindred good·s nOit
tion which haoS just been merged found in other Petoskey stores 10­with
the Home Mutual Blenefit As rated at the corner of Mlitchell and
sociatnon of Flint of whiclh Mlr Stone Howa·rd ·sltreds Mr FajJas the pro­is
Gene·ral Manager for Emme·t Che prietor came to Petoskey 10 years
boygaln Otsego Ch\)rlevoix and AnI agcr He bought the old Farnsworth
trim counties The object of tbis as stock and location in the Fochtman
sociation is to create a fund for the block The Farnsworth ·store was
protection of its memberls and i·s es not only defunct but was slomewhat
pe·6ally good for those who cam not worse than dead In fact lit was too
or do 11IOt ca·re to canry a large dead to ·s·kin for its uniformly bad
amount of insl\lrance It nlS organnzed mputation was a minus·asset The
under the laws of the State of Mlichi burden of beginning on Ithe wrong
gan and is auuhorized to do bnsinteSs side of true ·sltarting point weighed op­by
the State Insurance Commissioner preslsnVe1y on the newpurchaser and
Any information regarding this Com his fiIst hard work was to form a
pany will be ghdly fumislhe·d by Mr partnership with Coburn & Harper
Stone whose alim has always been to and thereby shoulder a major pOltion
comply wath the wants anld needs of of the burden onto them By tlh1s
the general public
NATHAN J STONE
Mr St·one haJS belen in ithis section
of the country since 187s and is one
of Petoskeys pnominellit business
men H·e is a fnneral direotor and
embalmer of !are ability and has
gan and although havang had his of­lice
open but a SlhOl1t time has a
very good practice whidh is grow­ing
V!ery ·rapndly The doctor USIeS
all modern methods known to ·the
dental world and his charge·s aIe
very modenate He is a very enter­priSling
Y0ulllg man and well merits
the pract·ice he is receiing
parel for me·n who know and wear
good clothes He buys· his goods with
this end in view and it can be relield
upon thalt his goods are as styJjsh aJS
thos·e ca·rried by the big stores of N·ew
York and Chicago Mr Remington
specializes in mens supplies and ca­ters
to the good dressers of Northern
Michigan He has received many
compliments from tourjsts· from the
big cities upon the excellent style and
quality of the goods carried by him
He is special order agent for tailor
made clothes shirts and fine under­wear
He carries a large variety of
neckwear hose mens furnishings
and the latest stvles in the farrnous
Knox stiff and soft hats together with
other leading makes
P D MILLER DENTIST
A p·roduct of PetoSlkey and one of
the citys promising young men IS
Dr Miller whose office is locatled at
30sV Lake street He is a recenlt
gradua·te of the Univers·ity of Michaderfnl
making three fewtures
ing toward s·peedy reoovery
John ReYcraft has been located in
Petoskey for the past fifteen yeals
and Dr Geo Reycraft for aboutthir­teen
years both havillg buik np en­Via
ble practices ir that time Every
person who has been a pattient in
this hospital speaks very highly of
th·e trealtment accorded them
DR GEO REYCRAFT
DR JOHN REYCRAFT
key and Bay View and as fitted up
with fifteen beds with trained nurses
and assiMants in charge Tihere are
at present five young ladies being
trained for nurses at thi·s institution
The operatting r·oom is fitted up
with es·peoial care· and wiith refer­ence
to the natttreof the work to
be pedormed and oontanns a full
complement of the latest and belst
surgical instruments and accessncms
The hosp·ital surrouooings are s·ani­tary
and cheerful the dimaJte won
THE PETOSKEY HOSPITAL
The Petoskey Hospital was estab­lished
January 10 1908 by Doctors
John and Geo Reycmft two of the
most promjnent of the professional
men of this city and ·has been very
sUccessful ever since It is located
on Arlington Avenue between Peltos
A E REMINGTON MENS TOG
GERY
Nowhere perhaps is Dame Fashion
more in complete sway than at an
Amertican summer resort and Peltos­key
is no exception to the rule AI! been in ·hns present ]·ocatnon corner
of the fads and novelties in mens MitcheIl and Petoskey streets for
apparel are \in evidence here during the past nine years His equipment
the summer months when the popu is the most connp!e1te and upntodlate
lation is large and coslmopo!itan A of any in this pant of the country A
E Remington proprietor of the section of Mr Stones business
Mens Toggery Shop at 403 Lake which has grown cOlnsidel1ab]e of late
street is al6ve to existing Ciondiltlions is the pictnre framillg and pos·t ·caild
with·the result thalt hiiS store ·is always Ilines which are equal to tlhose of any
well stocked ith IIptothenmlinlllte all ather concern in the city
BOOST FOR GREATER PETOSKEY
The First State Bank of Petoskey
Among bhe substantial financial in­stitutions
of Western and Northern
Michigan is the First State Bank of
Ptoskey This bank was organized
in 1891 and received its charter froill
the state July 21 of the same year
Its growth has be·en steady bu
strong keeping pace with the devel
opment of Petoskey and the sur­rounding
country The policy of this
creditable institution has been in
keeping with the most approved and
uptodate methods of banking in­
pi ring absolute confidence and es­
lblishing a safe and definite value
l he directorate is composed of successfu1
intJuential and representativ(
business men who take an active part
in the shapling of the pOllicy and man­agement
of the banks affairs amI
comprises George S Rice E R Sly
vV G McCune F 1 Crhichester and
Leon eh ichester That the bank haS
pnospered under the exceHent man­agement
of these gentlemen is evi­denced
by the fact that the total re­sources
aggregate $s2s9ss43 the or­iginal
capital being $s000000
The Commercial Department re­ceives
deposits subj ect to check buys
nd sells Domestic and Foreigi1 Ex­challge
issues Letters of Credit (Do­meslbic
and Foreign) Travelers
Checks (Domestic and Foreign)
Bank Money Orders Foregn Postal
Remittances and makes Cable and
Telegraphic transfers to all parts of
the world The Savings fk t1artment
receives deposlits of twentyfive cents
or more upon which it plays interest
at the rate of three per cent per an­maIl
This bank makes a specialty of
banking by mail in both thn Savings
and Commercial Deparnments A
feature of this enterprising 1l1stitntm
is tlhe Safe Doeposit DC/partmerut which
has filled a long felt want and met
with univeorsal approval not only of
the people of Petoskey and vicinity
but the thousands of summer tourists
who find this department a great
source of satisfaction and convenience
Thehome of the First State Bank
of Petoskey is one of the finest and
best equlipped buildings to be found
in Michigan outside of Detroit and
Grand Rapids Its appointments in
every detail are complete and the in·
terior arrangement and equipment
and furnishings of each department
are rich and in poedect harmony The
vaults are as secure as modern meth­ods
money steel electricity and hu­man
ingenuity can make them Built
of sOilid threeply steel lining equlip­ped
with automatic dectnic burgnar
alarm The outer walls are very thick
and are constructed of concrete and
expanded metal making at the strong­est
bank in this part of Michigan
from the viewpoillJt of burgilar and
fire protection In addition funds en­trusted
to the care of this bank are
safeguarded by the State of Michigan
Following are the offilCers President
Leon Chichester Vice President
George S Rice Cashier A J Hoffer
Leon Chichester President
LITTLE WILL the Big Jeweler The New Saville
this hotel a fine view of the bay is
always obtainable also the wharf and
steamboat landing In the summer
time the rooms are always cool fan­ned
by the fresh lake breeze and the
nights ale ever conducive to sound
refreshing sleep During the summer
resort season theres somethins do­ing
every minute The New Saville
bej11lg right at the edge of the Mid­way
where thousands and thousands
of resorters congregalte danly the
great promenade reaches its zenith
at this point Mine Host Sager of­fers
best of accommodation with un­exceUed
table at from $1s0 to $200
per day arud special rates by the week
Among the many popuIar hotds of
Petoskey lis Tlhe New Saville com­manding
a splendid view of Little
Traverse Blay at the summit of the
famous Midway at the corner of
Bay and Petoskey streets This is an
allyearround hotel and is conducted
in an able manner on the American
plan by CharleS J Sager the popular
proprietor This house is particular­ly
convenient for tihe commercial
publie being situated within a few
steps of the Pere Marquette depot
The house has been thoroughly ren­novated
throughout and hals 2s rlooms
for the accommodation of guests fur­nished
in a homelike uptodate man­ner
From the spacious veranda of
ried in l!bundance aJ11d a ish toO the
cut glasiS display room will surely
convince the most skeptical of bhe
completeness of Mr Searles slbole
He is a manufacturing opticjan alld
guarantees to match lelues and fit
the eyes as near perfect as possible
with humaln skiiU
Mr Searle has the complete pre­scr
iption files of Dr A G Oven
and can fiJJ same on short notice
He make& a business of filling pTe­scr
iptions for occulists and optkians
all over tihe oountry and is doing a
large mail order business in Ithis !ine
Heis a graduate of the Ohicago Oph­thalmic
College of the class of r89s
and is a very competienrt opltician
1\1r Searle has one of the fine Sit
watchmakers lin the country today
and also has an engraver and manu­facturing
jeweler whom it would be
hard to beat
Every person who has ever visited
Petoskey and a glood many who have
not have heard of Mr Will Z
Searle the jeweler as he is known far
and wide as Little Will on account
of his having weighed only 104
pounds nihen he came to this won­derful
climate and he now weighs
1s0 pounds His store is located
COTner of Lake and Howard streets
and it is the largest and best ap­poi
nted jewelry and opbical sltore in
N olthern Michigan bauinlg none
The store ha been established 26
years and well deserves the large
patronage it is consltantly receliving
In resoOrt seaSon he canies a $3s000
stock of beautiful merdlandise and
ha3 been complimentled many times
by resorters comparling his sltore and
stock with those of Chicago and oth­er
large cjtien Hawkes Libby and
Mount WashinSton CUlt glass is car
PETOSKEY
IDEAL HEALTH AND SUMMER RESORT
nN TOM RE attractive region skirting the shores of the great lakes of Northern Mich
igan presents itself to the consideration of the summer tourists of the United States
more emphatically or thoroughly ideal from the standpoint of HEALTH REST
and RECREATION than the farfamed Petoskey and its numerous environs Its cool
breezes allnng shades restful nooks scenic grandeur of hill and dale and water delight­ful
alI and restful atmosphere place it preeminently in the first rank as the ideal resort of all
_ health na Summer resorts in Michigan It is the coveted Mecca of the HAY FEVER
sufferers and the ASTHMA victim The very air inspires and invigorates rests and re­juvenates
and CURES Once a summer guest at Petoskey you become an annual so­journer
at this IDEAL RESORT
It would be impossible to find a more delightful fishing region throughout Western
and Northern Michigan than that afforded by the many streams in the vicinity of Petoskey
The brook trout the most endeared member of the finny tribe to the heart of the angler
is found here in abundance and strings of the speckled beauties reward the fishermen for a
days labor in this vicinity The streams bubbling with clear cold water gurgling under
hollow banks surging into countless eddies or beating into foam over countless miniature
waterfalls abound with trout The many little lakes are full of bass pike and pickerel
which are within easy access of Petoskeythe famed health and summer resort and
Queen City of the North